He bought the saloon car to keep up appearances.

他买这辆高级轿车主要是为了撑门面。

He said that he just wanted to keep up appearances.

他说他只想保持过去的体面。

Poor as he was, he tried hard to keep up appearances.

尽管穷，他还是拼命装门面。

It's silly to spend money just to keep up appearances.

仅仅为了撑面子而那样花钱是愚蠢的。

Things may be unpleasant, but we will keep up appearances.

事情或许不是那么愉快，但我们会保持体面。