这么做的话 我觉得有点自降身价了
“This somewhat lowers our brand's prestige.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“so when people see them, they'll want to keep them.”
这么做 的话 我觉得 有点 自降身价 了
“This somewhat lowers our brand's prestige.”
“We sell whiskey, after all. Not bubble tea.”
“That idea is cheap and tacky; we cannot degrade our premium brand like that.”
In Chinese business culture, 'shenjia' (worth/status) requires protective vigilance; adopting low-end mass market gimmicks is seen as disastrous for luxury positioning.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to lower one's status / to cheapen one's brand or self-worth
Commonly applied to people or upscale commercial brands undertaking cheap, unbecoming actions.
if we do it this way / in doing so
A polite, hypothetical framing device used to introduce consequences or objections before stating a critique.
Marks the resulting state or consequence of adopting the proposed action.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I just think we should keep a lower profile.”
“What I'm going to say may sound rough to you.”
“I said something unpleasant,”
“makes you look noble, do you?”
“I thought it was an exaggeration.”
“Don't make it sound so noble.”