Facade

(noun.) the face or front of a building.

(noun.) a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant.

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• They were just beneath the wide white facade, with its rich restraint of line, which suggested the clever corseting of a redundant figure. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• She looked across at the flat-house with its marble porch and pseudo-Georgian facade. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• His facade is a complete architectural meal; if he had omitted a style his friends might have thought the money had given out. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.

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