facades

英 [fəˈsɑːdz]

美 [fəˈsɑdz]

n.  (建筑物的)正面，立面; (虚假的)表面，外表
facade的复数

柯林斯词典

• (尤指大型建筑物的)正面，临街的一面
  Thefacadeof a building, especially a large one, is its front wall or the wall that faces the street.
• N-SING (虚假的)外观，外表;假象
  Afacadeis an outward appearance which is deliberately false and gives you a wrong impression about someone or something.
  1. They hid the troubles plaguing their marriage behind a facade of family togetherness.
     他们将困扰婚姻的问题掩藏在家庭和睦的外表之下。

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