save face
基本解释
- 扳回颜面，保住面子；保全面子
英汉例句
- So some people may be trying to save face because they didn’t nail down the resources they should have nailed down.
所以某些人可能试图挽回面子，因为他们在应该获得那些资源的时候却没有得到它们。 - "The family finally got Kiman, the ex-boyfriend, as the new groom for Nuraini in order to save face in front of their guests," Krisnandi said.
克里斯南迪说：“为在宾客面前保全面子，家人最后找到新娘的前男友基曼，娶走了新娘。”
www.chinadaily.com.cn - He dropped the gold down the chimney to save face for the impoverished father.
他将黄金扔进烟囱以保留这位穷困的父亲的脸面。 - "What it appears to be is an attempt to save face with the government, which is asking for help,".
- You try to save face and openly declare that a lost account was too small, anyway?
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FORBES: Public Pension Shortfalls and Consultant Conflicts (September 1, 2002 ) - Within a few days, the company had reverted back to its original terms in an attempt to save face.
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