英语词汇“keep up appearances”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	keep up appearances
释义	keep up appearances phrase If you keep up appearances, you try to behave and dress in a way that people expect of you, even if you can no longer afford it. His parents' obsession with keeping up appearances haunted his childhood. See full dictionary entry for appearance keep up appearances in British English to maintain the public impression of wellbeing or normality See full dictionary entry for appearance keep up appearances in American English to maintain an outward show of being proper, decorous, well-off, etc. See full dictionary entry for appearance Examples of 'keep up appearances' in a sentence keep up appearances It could not be helped; he had no wish to keep up appearances at that moment. Thomas, Craig THE LAST RAVEN (2001) "I was now determined to keep up appearances by pretending nothing was wrong. Howatch, Susan ULTIMATE PRIZES (2001) "I forced myself to add: `I felt I had to keep up appearances. Howatch, Susan ABSOLUTE TRUTHS (2001) While they keep up appearances, they only came to town to catch up with the family. Stephanie Laurens A RAKE'S VOW (2001)
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keep up appearances