saving grace

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saving grace (可数 和 不可数，复数 saving graces)

  1. (可数) 仅存的优点
    For all his treachery and deception, he had one saving grace: good manners.
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    • 2019 2月 27, Drachinifel, 片头起31:46, 出自 The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?‎[1]，于3 November 2022归档自原页面:
      With Gambier Bay and Hoel sinking and Roberts not much longer for this world, the Johnston is now set upon by four cruisers and a number of destroyers. The ship's crew patch holes as fast as they can, but the ship is literally gradually being taken apart by repeated salvos. The fact that this particular set of Japanese ships is STILL using armor-piercing instead of high explosive is the only saving grace.
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  2. (神学) （神的）救济，救赎
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