fa·cade
noun/fəˈsɑːd/
/fəˈsɑːd/
(also façade)
- the front of a building
(建筑物的)正面 - a classical facade
古典外观
- a classical facade
- [usually singular] the way that somebody/something appears to be, which is different from the way somebody/something really is
(虚假的)表面,外表 - She managed to maintain a facade of indifference.
她设法继续装作漠不关心的样子。 - They seem happy together, but it’s all a facade.
他们在一起看起来很幸福,但这只是表面现象。 - Squalor and poverty lay behind the city's glittering facade.
表面的繁华掩盖了这座城市的肮脏和贫穷。
- She managed to maintain a facade of indifference.
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French façade, from face ‘face’, on the pattern of Italian facciata.