face-saving

常見例句

雙語例句

• Is he seeking a face-saving formula from a European summit at the end of the month?
  本月末將召開的歐洲峰會上，他會想法挽回自己的面子嗎？
• Napoleon Bonaparte was awarded the island as a tiny principality in a face-saving deal after his first abdication in 1814.
  拿破侖·波拿巴在1814年被授予這座島嶼，作為他在當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.
  把她叫到一邊，給她一大筆錢，編造一些為她保留顏面的話，再寫一些很棒的評語，和顏悅色地把她送出門。

權威例句

• 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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