lose face

丢脸丢人丢人现眼丢面子

lose face 的定义

  1. Be embarrassed or humiliated, especially publicly. For example, Terry lost face when his assistant was promoted and became his boss. Both this expression and the underlying concept come from Asia; the term itself is a translation of the Chinese tiu lien and has been used in English since the late 1800s. Also see save face.

lose face 近义词

v. 动词 verb

suffer disgrace

lose face 的近义词 3
lose face 的反义词 1

更多lose face例句

  1. In that photo, Merabet has a big smile that spreads across his whole face and lights up his eyes.
  2. Cassandra, whose hair has already begun to fall out from her court-mandated chemotherapy, could face a similar outcome.
  3. A lot of people ring in the New Year with vows to lose weight and exercise.
  4. They know they will face either a swift backlash or deafening silence.
  5. They are to face oppression with humble persistence and absolute conviction.
  6. It is most peculiar, and when he plays that way, the most bewitching little expression comes over his face.
  7. Bernard stood there face to face with Mrs. Vivian, whose eyes seemed to plead with him more than ever.
  8. A Yankee, whose face had been mauled in a pot-house brawl, assured General Jackson that he had received his scars in battle.
  9. With a suffocating gasp, she fell back into the chair on which she sat, and covered her face with her hands.
  10. Joe looked at her with a smile, his face still solemn and serious for all its youth and the fires of new-lit hope behind his eyes.