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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• a redeeming quality or characteristic
  1. her love of music remains her one saving grace
  2. her sense of humor has to be a saving grace
  3. the saving grace for both developments is that they are creating jobs
• (Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God
  1. the conception of grace developed alongside the conception of sin
  2. it was debated whether saving grace could be obtained outside the membership of the church
  3. the Virgin lived in a state of grace
  Synonym:gracestate of grace

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• What are the benefits of humbly and truthfully telling others about the saving grace that God has personally shown us?( vs.12-17)
  把神向你个人显明的救恩谦卑真实地告诉别人，会有什么益处？（第12-17节）
• 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。
• She found is a saving grace in Fleur that having set her heart on a thing, she had no change of heart until she got it.
  她在芙蕾身上发现一种可取的美德，那就是她一旦下定决心做某件事情，不达目的，决不罢休。