lose face
常見例句
- If they don't want to lose face, the gifts should not be too cheap.
假如自己不想丟臉，那送出的禮物份量可不能太輕。 - The Chinese may very well on occasion be direct but only if no one, including themselves, will lose face.
中國人有時(shí)也可能比較坦率，但是衹有儅所有人不會(huì)因此而丟臉的時(shí)候，他們才會(huì)這樣做。
edu.sina.com.cn - Jeff will lose face if his friend fails to work hard.
傑夫因他的朋友不肯勤奮工作而丟了麪子。 - One is that he would rather unleash full-blown market panic than back down and lose face.
ECONOMIST: Putin versus the oligarchs - Any disruption to the Expo would have caused China's rulers to lose face, and they do not like losing face.
ECONOMIST: Business in China and the West - For a start, the governor, Keiichi Inamine, a proud man, has blessed the offshore heliport scheme and appears unwilling to lose face.
ECONOMIST: Japan and America 返回 lose face