- 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.
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- n. 正面；表面；外观
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1. She managed to maintain a facade of indifference.
她设法继续装作漠不关心的样子。
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2. But its facade belies a dark history.
但它的外表掩盖了一段黑暗的历史。
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3. The facade is so beautiful but the foundations are far from solid.
正面很漂亮，但地基却很不牢固。
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4. The village also put a priority on designing the facades of the village homes.
同时，村里还重点对墙的外观进行了设计。
- facade (n.) 1650s, "front of a building," from French façade (16c.), from Italian facciata "the front of a building," from faccia "face," from Vulgar Latin *facia (see face (n.)). Figurative use by 1845.
fa·cade / fəˈsɑːd ; NAmE fəˈsɑːd / noun 1 the front of a building （建筑物的）正面，立面 2 [usually singular ] the way that sb/sth appears to be, which is different from the way sb/sth really is （虚假的）表面，外表 ◆ She managed to maintain a facade of indifference. 她设法继续装作漠不关心的样子。 ◆ Squalor and poverty lay behind the city's glittering facade. 表面的繁华掩盖了这座城市的肮脏和贫穷。 fa·cade / fəˈsɑːd ; NAmE fəˈsɑːd /
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