プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
ていさい【体裁】
❶〔外観〕(an) appearance
体裁で人を判断する
judge a person by his appearance
体裁のよいなりをしていた
He was decently [presentably] dressed.
❷〔一定の形式〕form; (a) format
論文の体裁
the form of a dissertation
❸〔世間体〕
体裁をつくる
keep up appearances
体裁など構っていられない時だ
This is no time for worrying about appearances.／We can't afford to worry about niceties now.
体裁上
for appearance's [form's/decency's] sake
娘が未婚の母になるのは体裁が悪い
We feel it is 「a disgrace [《文》 unseemly] that our daughter should be an unwed mother.
彼女の音楽好きは体裁だけだ
Her love of music is 「all show [just a pose].
体裁よく申し出を断った
She tactfully refused the offer.
❹〔口先だけの言葉〕
お体裁を言うのはよしなさい
Don't talk so glibly.
体裁ぶる
〔見栄を張る〕show off；〔もったいぶる〕put on airs