to be a sad reflection on sb/sth是对某人/某事物的谴责;使某人/某事物蒙羞
He commented that the situation is 'a sad reflection on past decades of schooling', and added that this is the first time a government has decided to grasp the problem.他说这种情况是“过去几十年学校教育的悲哀”, 并说这是政府第一次下决心应对这个问题。