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]