To avoid humiliation, it might be better to seek help privately, from some business angels.

为免颜面扫地，也许向商业天使寻求私人的帮助更好些。

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Tends to avoid social situations because of fear of embarrassment or humiliation. 124.

倾向于回避社交场合，因为害怕尴尬或者害怕丢脸。

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We tend to look at human behavior as a matter of providing rational incentives for human action while most people, in fact, are driven by a need for esteem and a desire to avoid humiliation.

通常，我们倾向于以理性地分析其动机为标准,来看待人的行为是否正确合理,而其他人则是以赢得自尊和避免羞辱为标准,来判断一个人的行为是否合理。

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Ricky Ponting had no hesitation in asking the Kiwis to bat again, and they needed to show far greater resolve second time around to avoid total humiliation.

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Its list of Russian officials barred from entering the United States has not been made public, but some government figures prefer not to apply for a visa to avoid the humiliation of being rejected.

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There is an understandable fear that some big banks perceived to be weak won't be strengthened sufficiently, because their respective governments would want to avoid the national humiliation of admitting that these flagship institutions have become fragile.

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