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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Her sense of humor is her saving grace.
  她惟一的长处是有幽默感。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。