| 单词 | face-saving |
| 释义 | face-saving adjective[before noun] uk/ˈfeɪsˌseɪ.vɪŋ/us/ˈfeɪsˌseɪ.vɪŋ/done so that otherpeoplewillcontinuetorespectyou: 保全面子的；体面的a face-savingexercise/gesture保全面子的做法／姿态 Reputation
face-saving| Business Englishface-saving adjective[before noun] ukusintendedtopreventsomeone fromfeelingembarrassedor having toadmitthat they arewrong: a face-saving compromise/exercise/dealTheEuropeanCommissionagreeda face-savingcompromisetodefuseabitterdisputewith Germany oversubsidies. Examplesofface-savingface-saving The point and click magic of correcting sentences on the fly is both fun andface-saving. From theCambridge English Corpus This practice by speakers may be thought of as a kind offace-savingstrategy, by means of which the delivery of face-threatening acts is delayed within the turn. From theCambridge English Corpus Does not the result appear to be a combination of a witch hunt and aface-savingexercise? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The self-styled lock-out committee are endeavouring to find aface-savingformula. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That seems to me to be merely a time-saving and aface-savingdevice to avoid the issue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He refers to aface-savingformula, 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 theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He said that it was aface-savinginquiry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I suspect that muchface-savingis involved in this issue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Meanwhile, back went the coal plan into the melting pot, and then theface-savingtripartite talks were called. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that there is a considerable element offace-savingabout 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 theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Great popular resistance to occupation has surely contributed to their apparent desire to find aface-savingformula for pulling out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Must we go on insisting on total surrender in every way, without anyface-savingof which they can take advantage? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There ought to be no question offace-saving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The search has always been for aface-savingformula, never for a solution. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It would also give aface-savingsolution, 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 theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 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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