| 单词 | face-saver |
| 释义 | > as lemmasface-saver face-saver n. something that saves face (see to save face at Phrases 8h(b)); (also occasionally) a person who seeks to save face. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > [noun] > preserving one's reputation > that which save-face1901 face-saver1910 1910 J. de W. G. Addison Boston Museum Fine Arts xiv. 403 Yusen angrily replied by way of a ‘face-saver’, that it [sc. a picture] was intended to represent a stupid boy. 1923 Times 17 Nov. 7/6 To afford an opportunity to the ‘face savers’ to call off the strike. 1959 Times 4 May 3/1 An equalizer in the dying seconds and yet another face-saver in the extra time. 1999 Sunday People 26 Sept. 62/4 The Americans had cooked up a face-saver after agonisingly seeing the Ryder Cup slip from their grasp. < as lemmas |
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