saving grace

可以弥补缺点的优点, 可取之处

例句与用法：

He may be stupid and mean, but his one saving grace is his humour.

他虽说又愚蠢又吝啬，但他有幽默的长处。

The resort had little or no entertainment and nowhere god to eat, but one saving grace was that it didn't rain all week.

那胜地几乎没有什么可娱乐的地方，也没有地方可吃上好的，但唯一可取之处整整一星期不曾下过雨。

详细释义：

可取之处

This book is very badly written, and its only saving grace is its interesting color photographs.

这本书写得很糟糕, 唯一可取之处就是书上那些有趣的彩色照片。