Show your face 露面
A woman has coloured powder applied to her face during celebrations of Holi, the festival of colours that heralds the beginning of spring, in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad. Picture by Krishnendu Halder
今日短語
To show (your) face 意思是到某地區(qū)露面/亮相,盡管你不受歡迎?;旧暇褪锹睹?,出場的意思。
例句
今日小常識
Holi, the annual Hindu festival of colours, is being celebrated across India.
The biggest celebrations take place in the temples of the northern town of Vrindavan. During the festival, people throw scented coloured powder and perfume at each other.
胡里節(jié)Holi是印度每年一度的色彩狂歡節(jié)。最大的狂歡活動在印度北部的維倫
達文的寺廟里舉行,歡慶的人們相互投擲五顏六色的彩漆和香水。
How do you dare you show your face in this restaurant after having left without paying last time you ate here!?
Mary wasn't keen on leaving her house after her husband's death but we insisted that she showed her face in family gatherings.
I don't really want to go to that party. I'm just going to show my face and then leave.
請注意
另一個容易混淆的短語是 To put on a brave face. 意思是故作勇敢。
Mr Jones put on a brave face in spite of having been made redundant from his job of 20 years.
The British have a reputation for putting on a brave face even in times of war.