to keep up appearances

to keep up appearances 基本解释

装门面

to keep up appearances 用法和例句

1、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。

2、In order to keep up appearances, they borrowed a lot of money to give a big wedding party.

他们为了撑场面，借了很多钱大摆喜筵。

重点词汇

keep [人名] [英格兰人姓氏] 基普职业名称，受雇于城堡主楼者，来源于中世纪英语，含义是“维持，保卫”(to hold,defend)

appearances n. 出现( appearance的名词复数 )；外观；[复数]（事物的）表面；[哲学]现象