为了面子 meaning in English
in her profligate life she lost all sense of decency.for decency's sake
Examples
- Later i suspected that it was done for effect, for me .
后来我猜想他这样做是为了面子，是为了我。 - But i don ' t think you ' ll die for the sake of appearances
可我不认为你会为了面子而死 - He did that for the sake of decency
他做那件事是为了面子。 - Moreover , he reckoned much on the interest of the danglars to hush up the rumor of their own misadventures
而且，他认为腾格拉尔为了面子，一定会阻止那件丑事的张扬。 - Nothing but a heavy strain upon the good manners of the company kept back the due and proper complimentary laugh at this pleasant joke
听了这句可笑的话，在座的来宾为了面子都忍着没有笑出来，但场面却让人尴尬。