| 词汇 | face-saving |
| 语种 | 英语、汉语、英汉翻译、汉英翻译 |
| 释义 | face-saving adjective[ before noun ] uk /ˈfeɪsˌseɪ.vɪŋ/ us /ˈfeɪsˌseɪ.vɪŋ/ done so that other people will continue to respect you: 保全面子的;体面的 a face-saving exercise/gesture保全面子的做法／姿态 Reputation by reputationidiom cred credibility detoxify disreputable honourable honourably infamous infamously infamy mud notoriety notorious notoriously reputable reputably smoke stature Teflon there's no smoke without fireidiom face-saving | Business Englishface-saving adjective[ before noun ] ukus intended to prevent someone from feeling embarrassed or having to admit that they are wrong: a face-saving compromise/exercise/dealThe European Commission agreed a face-saving compromise to defuse a bitter dispute with Germany over subsidies. Examples of face-savingface-saving The point and click magic of correcting sentences on the fly is both fun and face-saving. This practice by speakers may be thought of as a kind of face-saving strategy, by means of which the delivery of face-threatening acts is delayed within the turn. Does not the result appear to be a combination of a witch hunt and a face-saving exercise? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The self-styled lock-out committee are endeavouring to find a face-saving formula. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That seems to me to be merely a time-saving and a face-saving device to avoid the issue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He refers to a face-saving formula, and if a formula is in fact to save faces it is probably not best described in that manner. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He said that it was a face-saving inquiry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I suspect that much face-saving is involved in this issue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Meanwhile, back went the coal plan into the melting pot, and then the face-saving tripartite talks were called. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that there is a considerable element of face-saving about it and, except for the leaderships, there are many critics in both bodies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Great popular resistance to occupation has surely contributed to their apparent desire to find a face-saving formula for pulling out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Must we go on insisting on total surrender in every way, without any face-saving of which they can take advantage? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There ought to be no question of face-saving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The search has always been for a face-saving formula, never for a solution. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would also give a face-saving solution, and in the political world the saving of face is important. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of face-saving 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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