lose face

英语

词源

仿译自汉语 丟臉／丢脸 (diūliǎn)或丟面子／丢面子 (diū miànzi)。

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动词

lose face (第三人称单数简单现在时 loses face，现在分词 losing face，一般过去时及过去分词 lost face)

1. (习语) 丢脸，丢面子
   • 1986, John Shelby Spong, Beyond Moralism: A Contemporary View of the Ten Commandments, HarperCollins (2000), ISBN 9781878282149, unnumbered page:

     Ahithophel, Absalom's chief counsel, hanged himself when he lost face after his advice was rejected.

   • 2011, Mel Robbins, Stop Saying You're Fine: Discover a More Powerful You, Crown Archetype (2011), ISBN 9780307716729, page 221:

     When you start to feel unmotivated, you will look for ways to weasel out of your commitments. We all do it. If there's a stealth way to back out, without ever losing face, you will do it without hesitation.

   • 2012, Sharon Pincott, Battle for the President's Elephants: Life, Lunacy and Elation in the African Bush, Jacana Media (2012), ISBN 9781431403592, page 97:

     He had arranged for one of his managers to be present in the office with us, so I should have realised immediately that there was little chance of him backing down since that would have meant losing face in front of a subordinate.

相关词汇

• loss of face

参见

• egg on one's face
• give face
• save face

延伸阅读

Face (sociological concept)在英语维基百科上的资料。维基百科 ^en