He had already perfected his comedic veneer, quickly establishing a reputation as the class clown.

他外壳已经很完美了，因此他不久就成了公认班级活宝。

What? You didn't just crack that veneer again, did you?

怎么了？你不是那层膜又破了吧？

These families have a veneer of unity but, underneath, they tend to be fractured by lies and betrayals.

这些家庭表面上团结一致，但实际上往往被谎言和背叛弄得支离破碎。

Using that money, MacGregor opened Poyais consulates across Britain, adding to the scheme's veneer of legitimacy.

麦格雷格尔用这笔钱在英国各地开设了波亚斯领事馆，增加了该计划合法性。

A veneer of jaunty self-confidence thinly concealed his nervousness.

一种表面扬扬得意自信薄薄地掩饰着他紧张情绪。

By the 1980s the building industry had mastered the art of shortcuts, from wafer-thin veneers to quick-fit laminate floors.

上个世纪80年代，建筑行业已摸到窍门，使用薄如脆饼镶和百搭易用纤薄地。

Veneers. - I'm guessing those aren't her only side by side enhancements.

陶瓷牙。- 我觉得那不是她身上唯一一处并排着显摆东西。

Mousa is accused of being a stooge of the government, a tool, to give the election the veneer of legitimacy.

穆萨被指责是埃及政府傀儡和工具，他出现是为了使这场总统大选看上去合法。

But Mammy was under no illusions about her and was constantly alert for breaks in the veneer.

但是嬷嬷对她并不存幻想，倒是经常警觉地观察着这种虚饰上破绽。

But if you look beneath the veneer of gracious living, you will see a battle raging...a battle for control.

但在这些美好生活表面之下，你将会看到一场战争正在爆发，一场控制之争。

You didn't just crack that veneer again?

你不是那层膜又破了吧？

Proper tapping is not injurious to the trees. As certain woods increased in value, wood veneers have become another important forest product.

适当敲击不会损害树木，随着特定树木价值上涨，薄木也成为了另外一个重要森林产品。

You know, unless it's science, everything else, we've just applied with a veneer of the way it's supposed to be.

你知道，除非是科，其他一切，我们只是在表面上认为它是这样。

The furniture had been attractively finished in a walnut veneer.

【finish】家俱上贴了一层胡桃木饰面，十分漂亮。

You know, under a thin veneer of pragmatism and a few shockingly bad choices.

只是表面上比较务实没事作些雷人错误决定。

She had the easily stirred passions of her Irish father and nothing except the thinnest veneer of her mother's unselfish and forbearing nature.

她有着和她爱尔兰父亲一样容易感情冲动品质，可是像她母亲那样无私坚忍天性却压根儿没有，只不过到了一点点表面虚饰。

Most veneers are made by first boiling a log for some hours to soften it and then revolving the log, by machinery, against a sharp knife.

多数饰面薄首先会将原木进行几个小时煮沸，从而将它变软，之后通过机器旋转原木，再配上尖利刀子。

For furniture these thin pieces of veneer give the same appearance as if they were of solid wood, but this piecing together has other advantages.

对于家具而言，这些饰面薄会有实木感觉，但这些拼凑木有另一个好处。

Drawers, for example, made up of several layers of veneer are stronger and less likely to warp and crack than if they were all of one piece.

比如说抽屉，抽屉是由好几层饰面薄组成，它们很坚硬，比起整块更加坚固，且不会破碎。

There was something exciting about this town with its narrow muddy streets, lying among rolling red hills, something raw and crude that appealed to the rawness and crudeness underlying the fine veneer that Ellen and Mammy had given her.

这座街道狭窄而泥泞城市坐落在连绵起伏红色丘陵中，它有某种令人兴奋之处，某种生涩而粗糙东西，这与思嘉身上她母亲和嬷嬷所赋予优美外表底下那种生涩而粗糙本质恰好彼此呼应，气味相投。