Beneath that calm exterior, he has a fierce will to win.
他表面镇定,其实求胜心切。
Examples from the Corpus
calm/cool etc exterior• With her soft voice and her calm exterior, she absolutely would not let creditors off the hook.• Beneath his highly cool exterior he was anguished and distraught.• It all added up to the fact that below Silas's cool exterior there was warmth and compassion for others.• So you see, beneath that calm exteriorlies a highly unstable child.• There is little or no hint of the compassion and humanity which lay beneath the cool exterior.
exterior walls• The interior is unusual with columns set on circular plan but with flatter, straight sides to the exterior walls.• To let in light, the architects left a few gaps-windows-in the essentially monolithicexterior walls.• Drawbacks: The exterior walls get very hot during combination cooking.• No insulation and nothing to stop warm, moist interior air from condensing on coldexterior walls in the winter.• In the exterior wallsprisonchambers still survive which are of Romanesquedate, while the audience chamber possesses a fine wall-fireplace.• The framing went up, the exterior walls, the siding.
Originexterior2
(1500-1600)Latin“more outward”, from exter; → EXTERNAL
1outside of a building建築的外部ADJECTIVE | VERB + EXTERIOR | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤elegant雅致的外觀VERB + EXTERIOR➤clean, decorate, paint清潔的/裝飾的/繪彩的外觀PREPOSITION➤exterior of⋯的外觀◇the exterior of the building建築的外觀➤behind an/the exterior外表之下◇Hidden behind a plain exterior is a wonderful hotel.樸素的外觀之下是一個棒極了的賓館。➤on the exterior在外部◇There is an abundance of fine sculpture, both on the exterior and inside.外部和內部都有大量精美的雕塑。exterior
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2way sb appears or behaves外在表現或行為方式ADJECTIVE | EXTERIOR + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤calm, placid平靜的/寧靜的外表◇Her calm exterior hides very passionate feelings.她平靜的外表下隱藏着熾熱的感情。➤cool, icy冷靜的/冰冷的外表▸➤bluff, gruff, rough, tough率直的/冷漠的/粗獷的/彪悍的外表EXTERIOR + VERB➤belie, conceal, hide外表掩飾;外表隱藏◇His bluff exterior belied a connoisseur of antiques.他外表粗放,令人看不出他是古董鑒賞家。PREPOSITION➤behind sb's exterior某人外表的背後◇Behind his cool exterior lurks a reckless and frustrated person.他表面冷靜,實則是個魯莽又不得志的人。➤beneath sb's exterior, underneath sb's exterior在某人外表之下◇Beneath her charming exterior lies a very determined woman.她迷人的外貌下面是一個意志堅定的女人。