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背叛弄得支离破碎。

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

但在这些活表面之下，你将会看到一场战争正在爆发，一场控制之争。

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

她有着她的爱尔兰父亲一样容易感情冲动的品质，可是像她母亲那样无私坚忍的天性却压根儿没有，只不过学到了一点点表面的虚饰。

Non load-bearing veneers that were meant to hide the construction.

不承重的贴面，旨在隐藏建筑本身。

But there is always something savage lurking beneath the veneer of gentility.

但在温馨的外表下，总潜藏着一些凶残的东西。

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

一种表面的扬扬得意的自信薄薄地掩饰着他的紧情绪。

The fragile veneer of shelter and security that the van had provided him disappeared.

货车给科尔尼提供的那种薄如蝉翼的庇护安全感消失了。

But beneath the veneer of smiling children was something much more insidious: a multi-million dollar campaign propped up by questionable data and backed by some of the world's most powerful companies.

但在孩子们的笑容背后隐藏着更加阴险的事情：这是一场依靠问题数据支撑、得到全球最强大公司支持，耗资数百万元的运动。

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，除非是科学，其他的一切，我们只是在表面上认为它是这样的。

Board manufacturers use different veneers and dyes on each deck, which makes every one of the Pool brothers' products unique.

木制造商在每块木上使用不同的染料，这使得普尔兄弟的每一件产品都独一无二。

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。

From up high, it's coated with frost, but get a little closer and you can see what's underneath the veneer of snow.

从高处看，它被霜覆盖，但镜头拉近一点，就能看清雪的下面是什么。

As time goes on, you kind of spot what is solid wood and what isn't, what's kind of veneer.

随着时间的推移，你开始能够分辨出什么是实木，什么不是实木，什么只是贴面。

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，增加了该计划的合法性。

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的城市坐落在连绵起伏的红色丘陵中，它有某种令人兴奋之处，某种涩而粗糙的东西，这与思嘉身上她母亲嬷嬷所赋予的优外表底下那种涩而粗糙的本质恰彼此呼应，气味相投。

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的感觉，但这些拼凑的木有另一个处。

Using veneer outdoors is quite problematic because it's a very thin material.

在户外使用薄木贴面相当有问题，因为它是一种非常薄的材料。

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的煮沸，从而将它变软，之后通过机器旋转原木，再配上尖利的刀子。

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

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

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的破绽。