露一下面;到场稍作停留
to be present somewhere for a short time
I didn't really want to go to the party, but I thought I'd better put in an appearance. 我真不想参加这个聚会，但是我想还是露个面的好。
You'd think that at least one of the authors could have put in an appearance for last night's premiere.
She felt that she should put in an appearance downstairs, however brief.
We're waiting for the First Lady to make an appearance at the convention.
The two police forces alerted each other as soon as the suspects made an appearance.
See also: appearance (BEING PRESENT)