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facade n.建筑物的正面；外表(犹指虚伪的) (1) 那是宫殿的正面。(2) 该头像属于神殿正面的一尊巨像。(3) 他漂亮的衣着只是虚有其表而已。(4) 这城市表面繁华,背后却肮脏和贫困。 This word has to do with the outer layer of something. One sense has to do with the front or outside of a building. The other meaning has to do with people who are hiding something. In both cases, the facade could be deceiving. A building with a gorgeous facade isn't necessarily gorgeous inside. A person putting on a facade is definitely putting on a front: the face they're showing to the world doesn't match how they're feeling.

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英 [fə'sɑːd] 美 [fə'sɑːd] (1) That is the facade of the Palace.(2) The figure belongs to one of the colossi of the facade.(3) His fine clothes are a mere facade.(4) Squalor and poverty lay behind the city's glittering facade. A facade is the front of a building, or a kind of front people put up emotionally. If you're mad but acting happy, you're putting up a facade. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词](尤指大型建筑物的)正面，临街的一面 The facade of a building, especially a large one, is its front wall or the wall that faces the street. 2[N-SING 单数名词](虚假的)外观，外表；假象 A facade is an outward appearance which is deliberately false and gives you a wrong impression about someone or something.   [oft N of n]They hid the troubles plaguing their marriage behind a facade of family togetherness.他们将困扰婚姻的问题掩藏在家庭和睦的外表之下。

英语单词	facade
英美音标	英 [fə'sɑːd] 美 [fə'sɑːd]
中文释义	n.建筑物的正面；外表(犹指虚伪的)
英语例句	(1) That is the facade of the Palace. (2) The figure belongs to one of the colossi of the facade. (3) His fine clothes are a mere facade. (4) Squalor and poverty lay behind the city's glittering facade.
中文例句	(1) 那是宫殿的正面。 (2) 该头像属于神殿正面的一尊巨像。 (3) 他漂亮的衣着只是虚有其表而已。 (4) 这城市表面繁华,背后却肮脏和贫困。
vocabulary简明	A facade is the front of a building, or a kind of front people put up emotionally. If you're mad but acting happy, you're putting up a facade.
vocabulary扩展	This word has to do with the outer layer of something. One sense has to do with the front or outside of a building. The other meaning has to do with people who are hiding something. In both cases, the facade could be deceiving. A building with a gorgeous facade isn't necessarily gorgeous inside. A person putting on a facade is definitely putting on a front: the face they're showing to the world doesn't match how they're feeling.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词](尤指大型建筑物的)正面，临街的一面 The facade of a building, especially a large one, is its front wall or the wall that faces the street. 2 [N-SING 单数名词](虚假的)外观，外表；假象 A facade is an outward appearance which is deliberately false and gives you a wrong impression about someone or something. [oft N of n] They hid the troubles plaguing their marriage behind a facade of family togetherness. 他们将困扰婚姻的问题掩藏在家庭和睦的外表之下。

Facade Front Putting Building People Gorgeous Wall 英