What's more, how well a book sells also seems to deliver a public verdict on the writer's performance in office, so that not making the bestseller list can be taken as a slap in the face. In the face of all these worries, the politician in question finally dropped the idea.
甚且出書後的銷路好壞，也彷彿代表施政聲望的民意調查，若排不上暢銷榜，豈不臉上無光？種種顧慮，最後還是打了退堂鼓。