VERB + DISCREDIT | PREPOSITIONVERB + DISCREDIT➤bring, reflect敗壞名譽;帶來恥辱◇By telling lies he brought discredit upon the Army.他說謊話,敗壞了軍隊的名聲。◇Your failure reflects no discredit upon you-you did your best.你的失敗不會有損你的聲望 - 你已經盡力了。➤bring sth into, do sb (both BrE) 使⋯名譽受損;使某人受辱◇She brought the whole system into discredit.她讓整個系統名聲掃地。◇It does us great discredit to treat foreigners so badly.如此惡劣地對待外國人使我們大為丟臉。PREPOSITION➤to sb's discredit敗壞某人的名譽◇His selfish decision is greatly to his discredit.他那自私的決定嚴重影響他的聲譽。➤discredit to⋯的恥辱◇They were a discredit to their country.他們讓祖國蒙羞。