facade

• n. 表面、外観

顔、顔から。

facade (n.)

1650s, "front of a building," from French fa?ade (16c.), from Italian facciata "the front of a building," from faccia "face," from Vulgar Latin *facia (see face (n.)). Figurative use by 1845.

1. Behind the facade they are just like the rest of us.

その外見の背後には、彼らは私たちと全く同じです。

2.The facade of the building was a little weathered.

ビルの正面は少しまだらになっている。

3.In the evening the facade is floodlit.

夜、建物の正面は投光灯で照らされます。

4.The cathedral was eventually completed in 1490，though the Gothic facade remains unfinished.

その大聖堂は最終的に1490年に建てられたが、ゴシック様式の正面は完成していなかった。

5.They hid the troubles plaging their marriage behind a facade of family togetherness.

彼らは結婚を悩ます問題を家庭の和やかな外見の下に隠している。