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face-saving
常见释义：
adj.
保全体面的；顾全面子的
1、saving graces ─── vt.可取之处，长处；可以弥补缺点的优点；n.可取之处，长处( saving grace的名词复数 )
2、saving money ─── 省钱；储蓄金钱
3、saving grace ─── vt.可取之处，长处；可以弥补缺点的优点；n.可取之处，长处
4、space saving ─── 【计】 节约空间
5、energy saving ─── 【能源】节能，能源节省
6、saving ─── prep.考虑到；除...之外；adj.节约的；挽救的；补偿的；保留的；n.节约；挽救；存款；n.(Saving)人名；(瑞典)萨温
7、daylight saving ─── 夏令时（指在夏季把标准时间拨早1小时）；n.日光节约时间
8、time saving ─── 节约时间
9、daytime saving ─── 日间储蓄
1、The decision appears to be a
face-saving
compromise which will allow the governor to remain in office. ─── 此决定看上去是为保全州长面子以继续任职而做的一个妥协。
2、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，编造为她保留颜面的话，再写很棒的评语，和颜悦色地把她送出门。
3、Of course, the
face-saving
way is to say postpone, he said, but Internet users are declaring their victory. ─── 他说，当然，避免丢脸的做法就是宣布“推迟”实施，不过互联网用户却在宣布自己获得了胜利。
4、
Face-saving
projects without delay, because the moment of completion do not know when, long way to go. ─── 面子工程刻不容缓，因为还不知道竣工那一刻是何时，任重而道远。
5、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？
6、The attorney-generals ruling that there was no evidence of wrongdoing merely provided
face-saving
cover for his inevitable exit. ─── 司法部长宣示未发现任何不法行为的证据，只是给他一块遮羞布，替他在无法避免的下台之前保留颜面。
7、But the various escape clauses that Vietnam insisted upon suggest it was more of a
face-saving
measure than a firm pledge. ─── 但是越南坚持多项免责条款，使得这项合约与其说是一项坚定的承诺，还不如说是为保面子的措施。
8、But observers said the agreement was a
face-saving
compromise, providing the embattled Chinese negotiator with badly-needed support. ─── 但观察人士表示，该协议是为留存面子而作出的妥协，给处境艰难的中方谈判团提供了他们亟需的帮助。
9、He finally worked out a
face-saving
arrangement. ─── 他终于想出了一个保全面子的办法。
The government was forced to find a
face-saving
formula to cover its misjudgement.
The partys most likely recourse is a
face-saving
compromise with the Ministry of Finance that does not alter the statusquo.
Wrights
face-saving
equaliser came five minutes from time - after he had endured a nightmare display.
For all the
face-saving
intellectual contortions , everyone knows its Adam Smith and not Karl Marx at the rudder of this communist economy.
So the government needed a
face-saving
way out of the latest fine mess it had gotten the project into.
Experts say the
face-saving
courtesy now extends to lower-level employees.
The decision appears to be a
face-saving
compromise which will allow the government to remain in office.
Carter reluctantly accepted the
face-saving
maneuver, which was announced on April 21.
This thinking is common in Asia culture, where
face-saving
is important. Face-saving means not making others look bad (a.k.a losing face).