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威信扫地wēi xìn sǎo dìwith every shred of prestige swept away; be bankrupt in credibility; be completely (/thoroughly) discredited; be shorn of one’s prestige; have one’s prestige (/credit) swept into the dust; one’s prestige is at its lowest; with one’s dignity (/reputation) in the dust
❍ 中国人民要求废止这个反人民专政的呼声是如此普遍而响亮了，使得国民党当局自己也不能不公开承认“提早结束训政”，可见这个所谓“训政” 或“一党专政”的丧失人心，～，到了何种地步了。(《毛泽东选集》968) So widespread and resounding is the outcry of the Chinese people for the abolition of the anti-popular dictatorship that the Kuomintang authorities themselves have been forced to agree publicly to the“earlier termination of political tutelage”，which shows how far this“political tutelage”or one-party dictatorship has forfeited popular support and prestige.
❍ 全国人都看满清政府腐败无能，～。(李六如《六十年的变迁》Ⅰ—231)All the people have begun to realize how corrupt and incompetent the Manchu government is,and its prestige is now at its lowest. 威信扫地wēi xìn sǎo dì形容威望和信誉完全丧失。completely discredited, be bankrupt in credibility, with one’s dignity in the dust, have lost one’s prestige, bite the dust |