lose face

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To lose the respect of others; to be humiliated or experience public disgrace. idiomatic,intransitive
    — "The Chengtu revolutionaries were fantastically colourful in the Szechwanese manner—they costumed themselves as heroes of the stage and their energies were chiefly occupied in tying ropes across the main streets so that when Imperial officials rode by in their litters they would have to get down and crawl under, losing face.

词形变化

loses face present,singular,third-person losing face participle,present lost face participle,past lost face past

词源

Calque from Chinese 丟臉／丢脸 (diūliǎn) or 丟面子／丢面子 (diū miànzi), both literally “lose face”.
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