面子

她被解雇了，但她爱面子，逢人便说是她辞职了。

She was fired , but she saved face by telling everyone she 'd resigned .

英格兰不想打仗，但也不想丢面子。

England doesn 't want a war but it doesn 't want to lose face

她当众受到指责，丢了面子。

She suffered the humiliation of being criticized in public .

他们使主队吃了一场很没面子的败仗。

They inflicted a humiliating defeat on the home team .

联队以2:5失利，只靠后来两次进球挽回了一点面子。

United lost 5 – 2 , salvaging a little pride with two late goals .

我去是给安一个面子，而不是我想去。

I 'm going as a favour to Ann , not because I want to .

只有十人到场，他们感到很丢面子。

They were left with egg on their faces when only ten people showed up .

父母过于爱面子的做法在他儿时一直困扰着他。

His parents ' obsession with keeping up appearances haunted his childhood .

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。

She now felt doubly guilty ; she had embarrassed Franklin and she had cost her partner money

她觉得要是让人看到她和他在一起，会非常没面子。

She felt it would be utterly mortifying to be seen in such company as his by anyone .

她宣称他们相恋了，但我感到她这么说只是想挽回面子。

She claimed they 'd been in love , but I sensed she was only saying this to save face .

她被他拒绝了，感到很没面子。

She felt mortified at being turned down by him .

他因爱面子而故意说那些话。

He purposely made those remarks in order to save face .

看在咱哥俩多年的情分上，你就赏个面子吧！

For the sake of our friendship after years , do me this honour !

不要怕丢面子。

Don 't be afraid of losing face .

她一生气索性撕破面子了。

As she got into a temper , she simply cast aside all considerations of face .

碍于他的面子我没有泄露秘密。

Mindful of his reputation , I said nothing .

他感到羞耻，丢尽了面子。

He was ashamed and bitterly humiliated .

顾着她的面子，我没说她这事做得有多糟。

I tried to spare her feelings by not saying what a poor job she had done .

不过拿点押头出去给人家看，也是我们的面子。

But I think we should try and save face a bit by offering her some security .

有了错误要作自我批评，不要怕丢面子。

Criticize yourself when you 've made a mistake . don 't be afraid of losing face .

不是我不买你的面子，实在这事不好办。

I 'd be happy to defer to your wishes , but there 's really nothing I can do .

比尔不愿参加比赛，因为他知道自己水平不高而想保全面子。

Bill would not play the game because he knew he could not do well and he wanted to save his face .

我知道一些中国人喜欢讲面子，秀他们有钱，一些其他国家的人也是喜欢显摆。

I understand that Chinese people like to get face by showing off their money * and people in other countries like status tokens too .

LoseFace丢面子字面的意思是“丢脸、耻辱”，发音为tulien。据说这个词汇是在1876引进西方的。

The literal translation is " humiliation in Chinese . The word is said to have been introduced to English speakers in 1876 .

从跨文化语用学角度来看，EFL课堂问答过程中往往发生一系列的面子威胁行为。

From the perspective of cross-cultural pragmatics , the question-answer process in TEF classroom often incurs a series of " face-threatening acts " .

Brown和Levinson的面子理论是用于论述和解释礼貌现象的一种颇具影响力的理论。

Brown Levinson 's Face Theory , as an influential theory in expounding the phenomenon of politeness , is founded on the basis of Western cultures .

中国传统意义上的礼貌指的是为了维持中国面子而采取的交际行为；礼貌具有维持儒家思想中规定的具有等级性的关系网，并且被社会所接受的交际功能（Gu，1990）。

Chinese politeness is the behavior to maintain Chinese face with the functions of keeping the Confucian hierarchy and social acceptance ( Gu , 1990 ) .

这车在家附近开开还行，他表示。但开着QQ去见客户或参加聚会，会很没面子。

It was OK to drive around home , he says , but driving a QQ to clients or to a party was a loss of face .

首次领导这一谈判的单尚华正承受巨大压力。如果不能实现他自去年12月以来承诺的降幅，他将丢面子，北京梅塔科咨询公司（BeijingMetalConsulting）的资深分析师许中波说。

Mr Shan , who is leading the negotiations for the first time , is under heavy pressure and risks losing face if he cannot deliver the price cut he has promised since December , says Xu Zhongbo , a veteran steel analyst at Beijing Metal Consulting .