face-saving

常见例句

Is he seeking a face-saving formula from a European summit at the end of the month?
本月末将召开的欧洲峰会上，他会想法挽回自己的面子吗？
Napoleon Bonaparte was awarded the island as a tiny principality in a face-saving deal after his first abdication in 1814.
拿破仑·波拿巴在1814年被授予这座岛屿，作为他在当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.
把她叫到一边，给她一大笔钱，编造一些为她保留颜面的话，再写一些很棒的评语，和颜悦色地把她送出门。

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