| 单词 | 面子 |
| 释义 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔ASHAMED〕Rather than giving in and losing face, she carried on her needless quarrel with her father. 她不想作出让步失掉面子，就继续无谓地和父亲吵下去。朗文写作活用〔ASHAMED〕The government suffered a severe loss of face when details of the scandal emerged. 丑闻细节浮出，政府大失面子。朗文写作活用〔ASHAMED〕The leaders need to find a way of compromising without losing face among their supporters. 领导人需要找一个不会让他们在支持者中丢失面子的折衷办法。朗文写作活用〔appearance〕His parents' obsession with keeping up appearances haunted his childhood.父母过于爱面子的做法在他儿时一直困扰着他。柯林斯高阶〔boondoggle〕Critics say the dam is a complete boondoggle—over budget, behind schedule, and unnecessary.批评者说那个水坝完全是一项面子工程——预算超支、工期拖后，而且还毫无必要。韦氏高阶〔bottom〕This chair needs a new bottom.这把椅子需要换一张新面子了。英汉大词典〔choke down〕For saving face Mary had to choke down the manager's insult.为了顾全面子，玛丽对于经理的侮辱只好忍气吞声。21世纪英汉〔degrade by〕He won't degrade himself by asking for money.他不愿意因向人要钱而使自己丢失面子。21世纪英汉〔disgrace〕He felt he had disgraced himself by failing at school.他觉得没通过学校的考试很丢面子。韦氏高阶〔doubly〕She now felt doubly guilty; she had embarrassed Franklin and she had cost her partner money.她现在心里倍感内疚：她既让富兰克林丢了面子，又让自己的合伙人损失了钱。柯林斯高阶〔egg on your face〕The unexpected election result left a lot of journalists with egg on their faces.选举结果出乎预料，这让许多记者感到很丢面子。韦氏高阶〔egg〕They were left with egg on their faces when only ten people showed up.只有十人到场，他们感到很丢面子。牛津高阶〔entitle〕Her success entitles her to feel proud.她取得了成功，自然觉得有面子。牛津同义词〔face-saver〕Critics will say the outcome may be no more than a face-saver for Mr Brown.评论家们会说, 这个结果最多只能为布朗先生保全面子。外研社新世纪〔face-saver〕The compromise was a face-saver for all concerned.折衷是对所有有关方面保全面子的策略美国传统〔face-saving〕The decision appears to be a face-saving compromise which will allow the government to remain in office.这个决定看来是一种保全面子的妥协，让政府不至于下台。柯林斯高阶〔face〕Both countries saved face with the compromise.有了这个妥协方案，两个国家都保全了面子。朗文当代〔face〕England doesn't want a war but it doesn't want to lose face.英格兰国并不想打仗, 但也不想丢面子。外研社新世纪〔face〕He doesn't want to back down (=accept defeat in an argument) and risk losing face.他不想认输失面子。朗文当代〔face〕He knew he was wrong, but would not admit it for fear of losing face.他知道自己错了,但不肯认错,因为怕失面子。英汉大词典〔face〕He thinks he would lose face if he admitted the mistake.他觉得承认错误会丢面子。剑桥高阶〔face〕She claimed they'd been in love, but I sensed she was only saying this to save face.她宣称他们相恋了, 但我感到她这么说只是为了保全面子。外研社新世纪〔face〕She tried to save face by inventing a story about being overseas at the time.为了尽量挽回面子，她谎称那时在海外。剑桥高阶〔face〕She was afraid that she would lose face if she admitted her mistake.她担心如果承认错误会丢面子。韦氏高阶〔face〕This is an attempt by politicians to save face at taxpayers' expense.政客们企图用纳税人的钱来保全自己的面子。麦克米伦高阶〔face〕We need to find a way to end the conflict without either side losing face.我们需要找到一种办法来结束冲突又不使双方丢面子。麦克米伦高阶〔favor〕Don't do me any favors. I don't need your help.不用给我面子了。我不需要你的帮忙。韦氏高阶〔favor〕She's willing to help you but only as a favor to me.她乐意帮你，但只是看在我的面子上。韦氏高阶〔favour〕He hired John as a favour to his father.他雇请约翰是给他父亲一个面子。朗文当代〔favour〕I'm going as a favour to Ann, not because I want to.我去是给安一个面子，而不是我想去。牛津高阶〔formula〕The government was forced to find a face-saving formula to cover its misjudgement.政府被迫寻找一个保全面子的方案来掩饰其判断错误。牛津搭配〔humiliate〕She suffered the humiliation of being criticized in public.她当众受到指责，丢了面子。牛津高阶〔humiliation〕The state of being humiliated or disgraced; shame.耻辱，屈辱：被羞辱或丢面子的状况；屈辱美国传统〔inflict〕They inflicted a humiliating defeat on the home team.他们使主队吃了一场很没面子的败仗。牛津高阶〔live〕She felt so stupid. She'd never be able to live it down.她觉得自己做了傻事，恐怕永远无法挽回自己的面子了。牛津高阶〔lose〕A settlement was reached in which neither side lost face.达成了一个双方都不失面子的协议。朗文当代〔mortification〕He discovered, to his mortification, that his son knew much more about the subject than he did.使他感到没面子的是,他发现关于这门学科儿子远远比他懂得多。英汉大词典〔mortified〕He was mortified to learn that he had been left out of the team.得知自己被拒于球队之外,他感到失了面子。英汉大词典〔mortified〕Nora was mortified to discover that her daughter had been out drinking.诺拉发现女儿一直在外面喝酒，感到很没面子。朗文当代〔mortifying〕She felt it would be utterly mortifying to be seen in such company as his by anyone.她觉得要是让人看到她和他在一起，会非常没面子。柯林斯高阶〔mortifying〕She felt it would be utterly mortifying to be seen in such company as his.她觉得要是让人看见自己和他这样的人在一起, 会非常没 面子。外研社新世纪〔nicety〕It seemed very middle-class to worry about such niceties as clean hands and darned socks.担心手是否干净、袜子是否有补丁这类面子上的事情, 很像中产阶级的作风。外研社新世纪〔oblige〕We only went to the party to oblige some old friends who asked us to be there.我们去参加这个聚会只是为了照顾一些老朋友的面子，他们特意要求我们到场。剑桥高阶〔pride〕She refused his offer tactfully, allowing him to go away with his pride intact.她很得体地拒绝了他的提议，让他能不失面子地离开。牛津搭配〔pride〕The new car is her pride and joy.新汽车给她面子和乐趣。牛津同义词〔pride〕They managed to salvage some pride with a late goal.他们凭终场前的一粒进球挽回了一些面子。牛津搭配〔reproach〕Her actions brought reproach upon herself.她的举动使她很丢面子。牛津高阶〔salvage〕United lost 5–2, salvaging a little pride with two late goals.联队以 2:5 失利，只靠后来两次进球挽回了一点面子。牛津高阶〔satin〕A smooth fabric, as of silk or rayon, woven with a glossy face and a dull back.缎子：一种面子光亮而里子不滑的光滑织物，如用丝或人造纤维制成的美国传统〔save〕A compromise must be found which will allow both sides in the dispute to save face.必须找到一种折中的办法，让有分歧的双方都可以保住面子。朗文当代〔save〕She was fired, but she saved face by telling everyone she'd resigned.明明是给解雇了，但她爱面子，逢人便说是她辞职了。牛津高阶〔save〕The gesture saved face for him after setbacks in Lebanon.这一姿态保全了他在黎巴嫩受挫后的面子。英汉大词典〔save〕We're looking for a compromise that allows both sides to save face.我们正在寻找一个折中的方法，可以让双方都不失面子。麦克米伦高阶〔shame〕He had cried noisily and without shame at the news of Esther's death.得知埃丝特的死讯，他不顾面子地大声哭了起来。牛津搭配〔skin〕He has an honest nature and a thick skin, and never cares a bit about other people's criticisms.他为人诚实,不计较面子,对于别人的批评一点也不在乎。英汉大词典〔square〕The problem was how to square such face-saving with (或 to) the demands of the law.问题是如何既保全面子,又符合法律要求。英汉大词典〔swallow〕He finally had to swallow his pride and ask for help.他最后不得不抛开面子求助。麦克米伦高阶〔thin-skinned〕Oversensitive, especially to criticism or insult.讲面子的：尤指对批评或侮辱过于敏感的美国传统〔ungracious〕It would be ungracious to refuse.拒绝的话就太不给面子了。外研社新世纪〔whine〕For goodness sake, stop whining! 看在老天爷的面子上，不要再嘀嘀咕咕了！麦克米伦高阶All the chairs in the lounge are upholstered in black leather. 厅里所有的椅子都装上了黑皮面子。译典通Don't tell me he actually agreed to pay for you! You are honoured! 我不信他居然同意替你付钱! 好大面子!剑桥国际He thinks he would lose face if he admitted the mistake.他觉得如果他承认错误，他就会丢面子。剑桥国际It's rather awkward of you to refuse to do this job.你拒绝这项工作真是太不给我面子了。剑桥国际Owning an old car is nothing to be ashamed of.拥有一辆旧汽车并不是什么丢面子的事。剑桥国际She tried to save face by inventing a story about being overseas at the time.为了尽量挽回面子，她谎称那时她在海外。剑桥国际She was fired, but she saved face by telling everyone she'd resigned.她被解雇了，但是出于爱面子，她逢人便说是她辞职了。牛津商务The entire family was demeaned by George's behaviour.全家因乔治的举动而损了面子。剑桥国际They agreed that there should be no attempts at face-saving.他们同意不再试图争面子。剑桥国际They gave him the title of company president as a face-saving gesture, although he no longer had any power.尽管他不再掌权，但为了保全他的面子，他们给他个公司总裁的头衔。剑桥国际They hushed up the scandal in an effort to save face. 他们掩盖了丑闻以图保全面子。译典通To my mortification, my manuscript was rejected. 使我感到失面子的是：我的稿件被退了回来。译典通 |
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