lose face
常见例句
- If they don't want to lose face, the gifts should not be too cheap.
假如自己不想丢脸，那送出的礼物份量可不能太轻。 - The Chinese may very well on occasion be direct but only if no one, including themselves, will lose face.
中国人有时也可能比较坦率，但是只有当所有人不会因此而丢脸的时候，他们才会这样做。
edu.sina.com.cn - Jeff will lose face if his friend fails to work hard.
杰夫因他的朋友不肯勤奋工作而丢了面子。 - 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