The plan was given up under the pressure of public opinion.
公众人物在面对公然侮辱时，碍于社会声望与舆论压力，只能宽容忍让，唾面自干。
When public figures, constrained by their social standing and the pressures of public opinion, face open insults, they can only tolerate and endure them, letting the spit on their face dry by itself.