1N-SING [adjective NOUN]虚饰;伪装;假象 If you refer to the pleasant way that someone or something appears as a veneer, you are critical of them because you believe that their true, hidden nature is not good. 虚饰;伪装;假象 [disapproval]
He was able to fool the world with his veneer of education.
他打着受过良好教育的幌子到处欺瞒世人。
His super-clean image gave a veneer of respectability to the new professional set-up. [+ of]
ADJECTIVE | VERB + VENEER | VENEER + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤thin一點兒虛飾VERB + VENEER➤acquire, add獲得⋯的外表;增加虛飾➤maintain保持⋯的外表▸➤peel away, peel back, strip, strip away, strip off剝下虛飾◇The lyrics strip the veneer of respectability from the music.歌詞讓配樂變得不再光鮮。➤strip sb/sth of剝掉⋯的虛飾◇They have stripped the veneer of jingoism from the play by showing war in its true horror.他們通過展示戰爭恐怖的實質剝除了該劇宣揚沙文主義的外衣。VENEER + VERB➤hide sth, mask sth外表隱藏⋯/掩飾⋯◇He managed to acquire a thin veneer of knowledge to mask his real ignorance.他裝出有點兒知識的樣子,用來掩飾自己的無知。➤crack原形敗露◇For the first time her veneer of politeness began to crack.她溫文爾雅的偽裝第一次露出了破綻。PREPOSITION➤behind a/the veneer, beneath a/the veneer, under a/the veneer在虛假的外表背後;在虛假的偽裝下面◇They're brutal people behind their civilized veneer.他們表面上彬彬有禮,骨子裏卻是野蠻殘忍。➤veneer of⋯的外表◇He concealed his darker side behind a veneer of respectability.他將自己陰暗的一面隱藏在體面的外表之下。