I hope you don't mind my asking, but I wonder if it might be at all possible for you to lend me your car.
希望你不介意我的请求,我不知道你是否可以把车借我用一用。
but as soon as a the question of prestige arises, as soon as you feel that you and some larger unit will be disgraced if you lose, the most savage combative instincts are aroused.
可是一量涉及到荣誉问题,一旦你想到你和某一团体会因为你输而丢脸时,那么最野蛮的争斗天性便会激发起来。