v.装门面; 装潢门面; 摆门面; 保全面子

He contrived to keep up appearances to a certain extent before Rushton.───他在拉什顿面前竭力振作起精神.

He contrived keep up appearances to a certain extent before Rushton.───他的想法在一定程度上是有价值的.

Former WTO boss Michael Moore thinks the meeting will produce a fudge to keep up appearances.───世界贸易组织前任总干事迈克尔·摩尔认为,会议只会带来一堆废话,各方为自己装装门面而已.

He bought the saloon car to keep up appearances.───他买这辆高级轿车主要是为了撑门面。

If are unreliable but always keep up appearances , you will be thought very reliable by everyone.───如果你不靠谱但经常摆谱, 所有人都认为你很靠谱.

They spend all they have to keep up appearances.───他们倾尽所有强撑门面.

He said that he just wanted to keep up appearances.───他说他只想保持过去的体面.

At home he didn't have to keep up appearances.───在家里他用不着装面子摆阔.

They try to keep up appearances.───他们试图装点门面.

must be great to be rich and let other people keep up appearances.───有钱却让别人装门面，肯定太棒了！

Poor as he was, he tried hard to keep up appearances.───尽管穷, 他还是拼命装门面.

's silly to spend money just to keep up appearances.───仅仅为了撑面子而那样花钱是愚蠢的。

You can't drop the whole thing just to keep up appearances.───不能为了顾脸就不办这个事情了.

It's important to keep up appearances.───保持曝光是非常重要的.

If you're reliable but never keep up appearances , you will be thought unreliable by most.───如果你很靠谱但不摆谱, 大部分人都认为你不靠谱.