veneer

1. N-SING 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. 虛飾[表不滿]

He was able to fool the world with his veneer of education. 他能夠通過對(duì)自己的教育背景加以虛飾來愚弄世人。

2. N-VAR Veneer is a thin layer of wood or plastic that is used to improve the appearance of something. 飾面薄板

The wood was cut into large sheets of veneer. 這些木料被切割成了大塊的飾面薄板。