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单词 saving grace
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saving grace
noun[S]
uk
/ˌseɪ.vɪŋ ˈɡreɪs/us
/ˌseɪ.vɪŋ ˈɡreɪs/
a goodqualitythat something or someone has thatstopsit, him, or her from beingcompletelybad:
可取之处
The film'sonly/onesavinggraceis theexcellentcinematography.这部电影（唯一的／一个）可取之处就是摄影很出色。
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(Definition ofsaving gracefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsaving grace

saving grace
Asavinggraceis that the article does at least offer an opportunity to evaluate end-of-life care in this country, and hospice specifically.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Thesavinggraceis that, if we have a trustworthiness culture, a trust culture is sure to follow.
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Her summaries at the end of chapters are asavinggrace.
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To a degree, for men in both stations, the opacity and rule-boundedness of corporate bureaucracy was asavinggrace.
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Though this has created a more diffuse and less certain body of knowledge, a ' scattered and unstable discipline ' (p. 105), this may be itssavinggrace.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Itssavinggraceis that it brings some interesting and neglected information that might be used to write another book with a broader and more comprehensive approach.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The onlysavinggracehas been the escalation in land and capital values.
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The onlysavinggracethat this one will have is that it will last for only one year.
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It might have been asavinggracefor some businesses, but it would have been of only minor assistance to the worst affected.
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I suppose that that is theirsavinggrace.
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Subsidies have proved not to be thesavinggracebut the undoing of this country.
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Thesavinggraceof democracies, however bad they are, is that they always have the seeds of reform in them.
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However, he had thesavinggraceof modesty.
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Besides this, he has the gift of humour, and that has been called asavinggrace.
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Hissavinggraceis, "as he understands it".
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