face-saving是什么意思

双语用例

• The point and click magic of correcting sentences on the fly is both fun and face-saving.

• This practice by speakers may be thought of as a kind of face-saving strategy, by means of which the delivery of face-threatening acts is delayed within the turn.

• Does not the result appear to be a combination of a witch hunt and a face-saving exercise?

• The self-styled lock-out committee are endeavouring to find a face-saving formula.

• That seems to me to be merely a time-saving and a face-saving device to avoid the issue.

• He refers to a face-saving formula, and if a formula is in fact to save faces it is probably not best described in that manner.

• He said that it was a face-saving inquiry.

• I suspect that much face-saving is involved in this issue.