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
- 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。 - The saving grace of art is that it provides these "sleepers" with the idea of a shore to rest on, so that they can imagine the possibility of redemption somewhere beyond reality.
艺术的恩惠为“潜行者”预备着一份憩息之水滨的想象,使得人们能想象现实之外仍有救赎之可能。 - For local banks facing the risks of a bubble bursting, the great saving grace is that there are quite strict limits on the loan-to-value ratios allowed for mortgage lending.
对面临泡沫破裂风险的香港本土银行来说,幸运的是,在发放抵押贷款时,它们在贷款估值比率方面有着相当严格的限制。 - 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。 - 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。 - Those who wait upon the Lord will indeed experience the epiphany of his saving grace.
等候耶和华的,的确会经历祂救赎恩典的显现。 - That is the saving grace of humor, if you fail no one is laughing at you.
玩幽默有一个好处,那就是如果你玩不好,没有人会笑你。 - 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。 - Surety, humour is the saving grace of us, for without it we should die of vexation.
毫无疑问,幽默是惟一帮助我们摆脱矛盾的办法,要是没有它,我们就会死于烦恼。