Perhaps worst of all, GM found itself knocked from its perch as no. 1 automaker worldwide, a devastating blow to already plummeting moral.

最糟糕的是，通用汽车还从全球头号汽车制造商的宝座上跌落，已经滑落到谷底的士气遭受毁灭性的打击。

youdao

It's obviously important whenever you get the face of an organization, it's important, an important moment, it deals a moral blow, an organizational defeat, a blow to these people.

CNN: Amanpour: An important step, but not the end