面上无光 [
miàn shang wú guāng]
loss of prestige
lose face
feel ashamed
- 而“深水地平线”的失败则使整个美国都觉面上无光。
Deepwater Horizon's failure demoralized the whole nation. - 戈林没大没小,经常想坐在摇动木马上理发,这让纳粹统帅部觉得面上无光,却拿他没办法。
Goering was a dissolute and often wanted to sit on the hobbyhorse to get his haircuts. - 3月,美国荣昌还协助在国会大厦外面组织了“否决议案”的抗议,这使得民主党医疗改革的支持者们都觉面上无光。
The group also helped organize the “Kill the Bill” protests outside the Capitol, in March, where Democratic supporters of health-care reform alleged that they were spat on and cursed at.