Appearance(名詞)外觀;出現
A160、場景再現:沒錢就是沒錢,沒必要裝門面,愛裝門面的人挺可笑的。
It must be great to be rich and let other people keep up appearances.
自己有錢卻讓別人裝門面,肯定太棒了!
A161、場景再現:appearance(露面;外貌)一詞多義引起歧義:
Teacher: I’ve asked you to come in, Mrs. Smith, to discuss Johnny’s appearance.
Mrs. Smith: Why? What’s wrong with his appearance?
Teacher: He hasn’t made one in this classroom since September.
老師:Smith太太,我要你進來是要討論一下Johnny的出現(外貌)問題。
Smith太太:為什么這么說呢?他的外貌有什么問題嗎?
老師:九月份以來他還沒有在教室里出現過。
注:這位太太的兒子好久不來上學了。