face-saving

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈfeɪsˌseɪ.vɪŋ]
• 美式音标 [ˈfeɪsˌseɪ.vɪŋ]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• adj. 保全体面的；顾全面子的

同根派生

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英汉例句

双语例句

• Is he seeking a face-saving formula from a European summit at the end of the month?
  本月末将召开的欧洲峰会上，他会想法挽回自己的面子吗？
• Napoleon Bonaparte was awarded the island as a tiny principality in a face-saving deal after his first abdication in 1814.
  拿破仑·波拿巴在1814年被授予这座岛屿，作为他在当年被第一次流放后的挽回面子的交易。
• Take her to one side and offer her a lot of money, a face-saving story and a great reference, and usher her gently out of the door.
  把她叫到一边，给她一大笔钱，编造一些为她保留颜面的话，再写一些很棒的评语，和颜悦色地把她送出门。

权威例句

• They have now been reprieved, and appear likely to be freed under a complicated face-saving deal.
  ECONOMIST: Libya
• China's pride may preclude any concession, however face-saving, on Tibet, or on human-rights abuses in general.
  ECONOMIST: China and Myanmar
• First, whether Mr Hussein will grab the small face-saving opportunity that is being offered him.
  ECONOMIST: Mercy mission to Baghdad

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词组短语

短语

• face -saving strategies 面子补救策略

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• done so that other people will continue to respect you

柯林斯英英字典

• A face-saving action is one which prevents damage to your reputation or the loss of people's respect for you.

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专业释义

语言学

• 保全体面的；顾全面子的