saving grace

noun

1. 仅有的优点；唯一可取之处
   the one good quality that a person or thing has that prevents them or it from being completely bad

1. N-COUNT 可资弥补的特点;补偿因素;可取之处;仅有的优点
   A saving grace is a good quality or feature in a person or thing that prevents them from being completely bad or worthless.
   1. Ageing's one saving grace is you worry less about what people think.
      上了年纪的一个好处是不再那般担心别人的看法。

1. Ageing's one saving grace is you worry less about what people think.
   上了年纪的一个好处是不再那般担心别人的看法。
2. The ability to agree on that, or anything, may be our saving grace.
   能同意这一点，或许是我们可取的地方。
3. The only saving grace is that VCs generally get an indicative answer before plugging in tens of millions of dollars.
   唯一值得欣慰的是，风投们在抛出大笔资金之前，通常都会有所预见。
4. Surety, humour is the saving grace of us, for without it we should die of vexation.
   毫无疑问，幽默是惟一帮助我们摆脱矛盾的办法，要是没有它，我们就会死于烦恼。
5. However, a few more companies including Microsoft did send representatives, and the empirical workshop was a saving grace.
   然而，更多的公司包括微软派出了代表，并且这种经验式的研讨会也有可取之处。
6. For local banks facing the risks of a bubble bursting, the great saving grace is that there are quite strict limits on the loan-to-value ratios allowed for mortgage lending.
   对面临泡沫破裂风险的香港本土银行来说，幸运的是，在发放抵押贷款时，它们在贷款估值比率方面有着相当严格的限制。
7. That play's only saving grace was that it didn't last long.
   那出戏的唯一可取之处是它不算太长。
8. What a story we have to tell& not only about social graces but also about saving grace!
   我们要述说一个何等美好的故事，这个故事不但是关乎社交礼仪，而且是关乎救赎的恩典！
9. What are the benefits of humbly and truthfully telling others about the saving grace that God has personally shown us?( vs.12-17)
   把神向你个人显明的救恩谦卑真实地告诉别人，会有什么益处？（第12-17节）
10. My saving grace is the fact that, back then, I didn't know what I was doing.
    我现在的可取之处就是接受现实，而那个时候我不知道自己在做什么。
11. That is the saving grace of humor, if you fail no one is laughing at you.
    玩幽默有一个好处，那就是如果你玩不好，没有人会笑你。
12. Knowing deep down you could have been his saving grace.
    但你深知自己本来有帮助他的机会。
13. His kindness to his mother is his saving grace; otherwise, I would despise him.
    他待他的母亲好，这是他的可取之处，否则我可真要瞧不起他了。
14. My only saving grace was so that no one heard the guttural sounds of fear groaning out of my mouth, because I was shaking so far from the microphone.
    唯一可取之处是没人听到我因恐惧而发出的喉音，因为我离话筒很远。
15. Ultimately, though, the saving grace of Asia is that growth rates are starting to tail off from a high base.
    不过说到底，亚洲的优势在于：它的经济增长率是从一个较高的基础上开始下降的。
16. He may is stupid and mean, but his one saving grace is his humour.
    他虽说又愚蠢又吝啬，但他有幽默的长处。
17. His saving grace was that he encouraged her to read – and stole books from libraries to give her a love of literature.
    他“唯一”做对过的事就是鼓励她阅读&他曾经从图书管中偷书给她看，以培养她对文学的爱好。
18. Her sense of humor is her saving grace.
    她惟一的长处是有幽默感。
19. She found is a saving grace in Fleur that having set her heart on a thing, she had no change of heart until she got it.
    她在芙蕾身上发现一种可取的美德，那就是她一旦下定决心做某件事情，不达目的，决不罢休。
20. The saving grace of art is that it provides these "sleepers" with the idea of a shore to rest on, so that they can imagine the possibility of redemption somewhere beyond reality.
    艺术的恩惠为“潜行者”预备着一份憩息之水滨的想象，使得人们能想象现实之外仍有救赎之可能。
21. Those who wait upon the Lord will indeed experience the epiphany of his saving grace.
    等候耶和华的，的确会经历祂救赎恩典的显现。
22. This book is very badly written, and its only saving grace is its interesting color photographs.
    这本书写得很糟糕，唯一可取之处就是书上那些有趣的彩色照片。
23. The saving grace is that China, on the showing so far, is not about to frighten the horses.
    幸运的是，目前的迹象表明，中国不会做出“惊人”之举。
24. The redeeming feature of the plan is its simplicity; his saving grace was his sense of humor.
    这个计划可取之处是其简单性；他的可取之处是他的幽默感。

noun

1. a redeeming quality or characteristic
   1. her love of music remains her one saving grace
   2. her sense of humor has to be a saving grace
   3. the saving grace for both developments is that they are creating jobs

2. (Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God
   1. the conception of grace developed alongside the conception of sin
   2. it was debated whether saving grace could be obtained outside the membership of the church
   3. the Virgin lived in a state of grace

   Synonym:    gracestate of grace