消极面子 meaning in English

negative face

Examples mainly fall into two groups : one belongs to negative face , the other positive face . in addition , off record strategies also get discussed in this section . the same message can produce different responses on the hearer if the speaker adopts different linguistic strategies
例子分三组进行讨论：一组涉及说话人/听话人的消极面子；第二组涉及说话人/听话人的积极面子；最后一组是模糊语的间接表达（ offrecord : vague ）。