- 看过 lose face 的人也看了 :
- give in
lose face 的定义
- 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
suffer disgrace
更多lose face例句
- In that photo, Merabet has a big smile that spreads across his whole face and lights up his eyes.
- Cassandra, whose hair has already begun to fall out from her court-mandated chemotherapy, could face a similar outcome.
- A lot of people ring in the New Year with vows to lose weight and exercise.
- They know they will face either a swift backlash or deafening silence.
- They are to face oppression with humble persistence and absolute conviction.
- It is most peculiar, and when he plays that way, the most bewitching little expression comes over his face.
- Bernard stood there face to face with Mrs. Vivian, whose eyes seemed to plead with him more than ever.
- A Yankee, whose face had been mauled in a pot-house brawl, assured General Jackson that he had received his scars in battle.
- With a suffocating gasp, she fell back into the chair on which she sat, and covered her face with her hands.
- 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.