bring discredit on/upon sb/sth
表示使某人或某机构声誉受损，介词常用 on 或 upon。
His lies brought discredit on the whole department.
他的谎言使整个部门蒙受耻辱。
有损声誉的人（或事物）；丢脸的事；诋毁；怀疑；不信；失去信誉；被怀疑；不被信任；使失去信誉或不信任；损害声誉的人或事物
Loss of respect or honour; ill repute; disgrace.
使失去信誉或不信任
Discrediting or disbelieving.
损害声誉的人或事物
A person or thing that causes harm to a reputation, as of a person, family, or institution.
被质疑或不被相信的状态
The state of being discredited or disbelieved.
不名誉或不受尊重的程度；坏名声；责难
A degree of dishonour or disesteem; ill repute; reproach.
His behavior brought discredit to the whole team.
他的行为给整个团队带来了耻辱。
用法提示：名词，表示丢脸、不名誉。
The scandal caused great discredit to the company's reputation.
丑闻给公司的声誉造成了极大的损害。
用法提示：名词，表示对声誉的损害。
She felt that the accusation was a discredit to her integrity.
她觉得这个指责是对她诚信的侮辱。
用法提示：名词，表示对名誉的贬低。
表示使某人或某机构声誉受损，介词常用 on 或 upon。
His lies brought discredit on the whole department.
他的谎言使整个部门蒙受耻辱。
指某人或某事给集体带来坏名声，be 动词后接 a discredit。
Such careless work is a discredit to the team.
这样粗心的活儿是团队的耻辱。
作评注性状语，置于句首，表示某事有损某人的名声。
To his discredit, he never apologized.
让他丢脸的是，他从未道歉。
指理论、说法等不再被人相信，主语多为事物。
The old theory gradually fell into discredit.
这一旧理论逐渐失去了信誉。
强调因行为导致的耻辱感，可互换，但disgrace更侧重情感冲击
更正式，常用于荣誉、名誉的丧失，discredit偏重信任丧失
强调内心的羞愧感，不如discredit强调外部信誉
强调被公开羞辱的过程或状态，discredit更侧重声誉受损的结果
更强调名声败坏的状态，与discredit含义最接近
grammar · medium
易错句子His cheating was a discredit of the whole team.
正确表达His cheating was a discredit to the whole team.
“a discredit”表示“给某人/某物丢脸的人或事”时，后面只能接介词 to：a discredit to sb/sth。汉语“……的耻辱”用“的”，学习者容易照搬成 of；但这里的 to 表示“声誉受损的对象”，of 不能表达这层关系，必须改为 to。
grammar · medium
易错句子The scandal brought a discredit on the whole school.
正确表达The scandal brought discredit on the whole school.
表示“名声受损、失去信誉、坏名声”这一抽象意义时，discredit 是不可数名词，前面不能加不定冠词 a/an。汉语没有冠词，而且“丢脸、耻辱”在汉语里可数可量，学习者容易多出一个 a；固定搭配是 bring discredit on sb/sth。
grammar · medium
易错句子Such behaviour is discredit to the school.
正确表达Such behaviour is a discredit to the school.
表示“给某人/某物丢脸的人或事”时，discredit 是可数名词，单数形式前必须加 a/an。这里漏掉了冠词：应为 a discredit to the school。汉语没有冠词系统，学习者在可数单数名词前漏冠词是典型迁移错误。
discredit作为名词指失去信用或名誉，credit是其直接反义词，表示良好的信誉。
discredit表示丢脸，honor表示荣誉，二者对立。
discredit败坏名声，reputation是名声本身，常用作正面含义。
discrediting导致不被尊重，esteem则指高度尊重。
给……带来耻辱
His actions brought discredit on the entire team.
他的行为给整个团队带来了耻辱。
有损……的名誉
To the discredit of the government, it failed to address the crisis.
有损政府名誉的是，它未能应对危机。
是……的耻辱
Such behavior is a discredit to the profession.
这种行为是职业的耻辱。
对……产生怀疑
The scandal cast discredit on the company's management.
丑闻使人们对公司管理层产生了怀疑。
遭受名誉损失
The institution suffered great discredit after the fraud was exposed.
欺诈暴露后，该机构遭受了巨大的名誉损失。
dis- (prefix, meaning 'opposite/remove') + credit (root, meaning 'belief/reputation')
dis- + agree
root word
credit (root) + -ible (suffix)
discredit指损害声誉
丑闻常导致discredit
discredit意味着失去信任
谣言可能造成discredit
discredit破坏可信度
损害…的名誉
His actions brought discredit on the entire organization.
他的行为损害了整个组织的名誉。
有损于…的声誉
To the discredit of the company, the product was found to be unsafe.
有损公司声誉的是，该产品被发现不安全。
对…产生怀疑；败坏…的名声
The scandal cast discredit on the politician's career.
这桩丑闻败坏了那位政治家的职业生涯。
我要让你名声扫地。
Mark Zuckerberg says this to Sean Parker in the film 'The Social Network' (2010) as a threat to ruin his reputation.
在电影《社交网络》（2010）中，马克·扎克伯格对肖恩·帕克说了这句话，威胁要毁掉他的声誉。
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避免丢脸
He resigned to avoid further discredit to his family.
他辞职以避免给家庭带来更多耻辱。