Question of the Day #590

An advocacy-oriented approach — that is, publicly calling attention to the issue and applying pressure from the outside — would have caused a loss of face for local officials and hopes for a deal would be lost.

From the 6th paragraph of this article at the Harvard Business Review.

上記の文で、loss of faceの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "loss of face" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

メンツ［面目］を失うこと、顔をつぶされること

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

The state or circumstance of having lost the respect of other people, as due to having done something improper or unacceptable.

Examples

• 'he could step aside now without loss of face'
• After my terrible loss of face in front of the in-laws, I knew I couldn't return to their home for the foreseeable future.
• Any decision to withdraw now would mean a damaging loss of face.

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