| 词汇 | saving-grace |
| 释义 | saving grace noun[ S ] uk /ˌseɪ.vɪŋ ˈɡreɪs/ us /ˌseɪ.vɪŋ ˈɡreɪs/ a good quality that something or someone has that stops it, him, or her from being completely bad: 可取之处 The film's only/one saving grace is the excellent cinematography.这部电影（唯一的／一个）可取之处就是摄影很出色。 Advantage and disadvantage ace an ace up your sleeveidiom attraction be well in thereidiom be/stay/keep one jump aheadidiom have it both waysidiom have something on your sideidiom have the inside trackidiom have the odds/cards stacked against youidiom head start leg lock milk privileged profit from something racing start scent bloodidiom secret weapon stick the best of both worldsidiom Examples of saving gracesaving grace A savinggrace is that the article does at least offer an opportunity to evaluate end-of-life care in this country, and hospice specifically. The savinggrace is that, if we have a trustworthiness culture, a trust culture is sure to follow. Her summaries at the end of chapters are a savinggrace. To a degree, for men in both stations, the opacity and rule-boundedness of corporate bureaucracy was a savinggrace. Though this has created a more diffuse and less certain body of knowledge, a ' scattered and unstable discipline ' (p. 105), this may be its savinggrace. Its savinggrace is that it brings some interesting and neglected information that might be used to write another book with a broader and more comprehensive approach. The only savinggrace has been the escalation in land and capital values. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The only savinggrace that this one will have is that it will last for only one year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It might have been a savinggrace for some businesses, but it would have been of only minor assistance to the worst affected. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I suppose that that is their savinggrace. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Subsidies have proved not to be the savinggrace but the undoing of this country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The savinggrace of democracies, however bad they are, is that they always have the seeds of reform in them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, he had the savinggrace of modesty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Besides this, he has the gift of humour, and that has been called a savinggrace. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His savinggrace is, "as he understands it". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of saving grace These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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