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单词 keep up appearances
释义

appear /ə-pērˈ/

intransitive verb
  1. To become visible
  2. To present oneself formally before an authority, court, etc
  3. To act as the legal representative or counsel for another
  4. To come into view, to come before the public
  5. To perform (on stage or on film, etc)
  6. To be published
  7. To be manifest
  8. To seem
ORIGIN: OFr apareir, from L appārēre, from ad to, and pārēre, pāritum to come forth

appearˈance noun

  1. The act of appearing, eg in court to prosecute or answer a charge
  2. The action of seeming to be, looking like
  3. The publication of a book, etc
  4. The effect of appearing conspicuously, show, parade
  5. The condition of that which appears, form, aspect
  6. Outward look or show
  7. A naturally observable phenomenon
  8. An apparition

appearˈer noun

appearance money noun

A fee paid to a celebrity to secure his or her presence at an event

keep up appearances

To keep up an outward show, esp one that belies, or is intended to disguise, the inward reality

put in or make an appearance

To appear in person, esp if only briefly

to all appearances

So far as appears to anyone

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