Whenever a man does anything unexpected, his fellows ascribe it to the most discreditable motives.

每逢个人干出件出人意料的事，他的相识们总是替他想出种种最令人无法置信的动机。

Furious with himself for having given away a discreditable secret, he vented his rage on Bernard.

他因为透个不光彩的秘密对自己生气，却把怒气发泄到伯纳身上。

That's a slightly discreditable thing, but then there's just the sense of things of being of control.

这是件有点丢脸的事情，但那就是事情被控制的感觉。

Mrs. Penniman's own share in it was a singular sentiment, which might have been misinterpreted, but which in itself was not discreditable to the poor lady.

彭尼曼夫人自己也有种独特的感觉，可能会被误解，但它本身并没有让这位可怜的女士丢脸。

The more ill-looking of the men —the discreditable minority —hung about on the steps of the beer-houses and gin-shops, smoking, and commenting pretty freely on every passer-by.

那些男人中长得更丑的——那些名誉扫地的少数人——在啤酒屋和杜松子酒店的台阶上闲逛， 抽着烟，很随意地评论每位路人。

Its methods of attack were unscrupulous and underhanded, the least discreditable one being the use of its political influence to prevent communities from giving franchises to the Bell Company.

它的攻击方法是肆无忌惮和卑鄙的， 最不光彩的是利用其政治影响力阻止贝尔公司授予特许经营权。

You must send John with the young ladies, Mrs. Collins. I am glad it occurred to me to mention it; for it would really be discreditable to you to let them go alone.

你得打发约翰送送这两位小姐才好，柯林斯太太。幸亏我发觉这件事，及时指出，否则让她们孤零零地自个儿走，把你的面子也丢光。”

When a run comes upon them, they sometimes endeavour to gain time, by paying in sixpences, and they would be precluded by this regulation from this discreditable method of evading immediate payment.

当他们遇到挤兑时，他们有时会通过支付六便士来争取时间，而且根据这项规定，他们将被排除在这种逃避立即付款的可耻方法之外。

Consummate daring and extraordinary nerve on his part, aided, doubtless, by some little presence of mind on mine, averted the untoward result; and no more need be said of a discreditable incident.

毫无疑问，在我的些头脑清醒的帮助下， 他的胆识和非凡的勇气避免不幸的结果。 更不用说可耻的事件。

To Jane Austen there was something discreditable in writing PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. And, I wondered, would PRIDE AND PREJUDICE have been a better novel if Jane Austen had not thought it necessary to hide her manuscript from visitors?

对简·奥斯汀来说， 写《傲慢与偏见》有些可耻之处。而且，我想知道，如果简·奥斯汀不认为有必要访客隐藏她的手稿， 《傲慢与偏见》会是部更好的小说吗？

Of all our adventures this was the first in which I had played a commanding part; and, of them all, this was infinitely the least discreditable. It left me without a conscientious qualm; I had but robbed a robber, when all was said.

在我们所有的冒险中，这是我第次发挥指挥作用。而且，在所有这些人中，这绝对是最不丢脸的。这让我没有丝自责；说到底，我只是抢个强盗。