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
- He may is stupid and mean, but his one saving grace is his humour.
他虽说又愚蠢又吝啬,但他有幽默的长处。 - Knowing deep down you could have been his saving grace.
但你深知自己本来有帮助他的机会。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - The ability to agree on that, or anything, may be our saving grace.
能同意这一点,或许是我们可取的地方。 - His kindness to his mother is his saving grace; otherwise, I would despise him.
他待他的母亲好,这是他的可取之处,否则我可真要瞧不起他了。 - My saving grace is the fact that, back then, I didn't know what I was doing.
我现在的可取之处就是接受现实,而那个时候我不知道自己在做什么。 - 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。