lose face
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仿譯自漢語 丟臉／丢脸 (diūliǎn)或丟面子／丢面子 (diū miànzi)。
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lose face (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 loses face，現在分詞 losing face，一般過去時及過去分詞 lost face)
- (習語) 丟臉，丟面子
- 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.
- 1986, John Shelby Spong, Beyond Moralism: A Contemporary View of the Ten Commandments, HarperCollins (2000), ISBN 9781878282149, unnumbered page:
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Face (sociological concept)在英語維基百科上的資料。維基百科 en