saving grace
英 [ˌseɪvɪŋ ˈɡreɪs]
美 [ˌseɪvɪŋ ˈɡreɪs]
n. 仅有的优点; 唯一可取之处
牛津词典
noun
- 仅有的优点;唯一可取之处
the one good quality that a person or thing has that prevents them or it from being completely bad
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 可资弥补的特点;补偿因素;可取之处;仅有的优点
Asaving graceis a good quality or feature in a person or thing that prevents them from being completely bad or worthless.- Ageing's one saving grace is you worry less about what people think.
上了年纪的一个好处是不再那般担心别人的看法。
- Ageing's one saving grace is you worry less about what people think.
英英释义
noun
- a redeeming quality or characteristic
- her love of music remains her one saving grace
- her sense of humor has to be a saving grace
- the saving grace for both developments is that they are creating jobs
- (Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God
- the conception of grace developed alongside the conception of sin
- it was debated whether saving grace could be obtained outside the membership of the church
- the Virgin lived in a state of grace
双语例句
- Ultimately, though, the saving grace of Asia is that growth rates are starting to tail off from a high base.
不过说到底,亚洲的优势在于:它的经济增长率是从一个较高的基础上开始下降的。 - The saving grace is that China, on the showing so far, is not about to frighten the horses.
幸运的是,目前的迹象表明,中国不会做出“惊人”之举。 - Ageing's one saving grace is you worry less about what people think.
上了年纪的一个好处是不再那般担心别人的看法。 - The redeeming feature of the plan is its simplicity; his saving grace was his sense of humor.
这个计划可取之处是其简单性;他的可取之处是他的幽默感。 - The only saving grace is that VCs generally get an indicative answer before plugging in tens of millions of dollars.
唯一值得欣慰的是,风投们在抛出大笔资金之前,通常都会有所预见。 - Her sense of humor is her saving grace.
她惟一的长处是有幽默感。 - My only saving grace was so that no one heard the guttural sounds of fear groaning out of my mouth, because I was shaking so far from the microphone.
唯一可取之处是没人听到我因恐惧而发出的喉音,因为我离话筒很远。 - That play's only saving grace was that it didn't last long.
那出戏的唯一可取之处是它不算太长。 - However, a few more companies including Microsoft did send representatives, and the empirical workshop was a saving grace.
然而,更多的公司包括微软派出了代表,并且这种经验式的研讨会也有可取之处。 - His saving grace was that he encouraged her to read – and stole books from libraries to give her a love of literature.
他“唯一”做对过的事就是鼓励她阅读&他曾经从图书管中偷书给她看,以培养她对文学的爱好。