The greatest way to mask a shaky sense of self is to hide behind a false air of respect.

掩盖不稳定自我感觉的最好方法是藏在虚假尊重之下。

She sat down with that false air in front of the piano, and then began the usual preliminaries, --the pizzicati of the violin and the arrangement of the scores.

她带着那种虚伪的神情在钢琴前坐下， 然后开始了通常的预奏——小提琴的拨奏和乐谱的编排。

I can still see my wife sit down, with a false air of indifference, under which it was plain that she hid a great timidity, a timidity that was especially due to her comparative lack of musical knowledge.

至今仍能看到妻子坐下，假装冷漠，显然隐藏着极大的胆怯，这种胆怯尤其是由于她比较缺乏音乐知识。