They want to save face and avoid looking stupid.
他们想保住面子，避免显得愚蠢。
These students do not want to get in trouble or seem irresponsible, so they make up an excuse—a lie—to save face.
这些学生不想惹麻烦或显得不负责任，所以他们编造了一个借口——一个谎言——来挽回面子。
The scandal was hushed up in an effort to save face.
为了不丢人，没有把这一丑闻张扬出去。
He had to resign, to save face.
为了保全面子，他不得不辞职。
Let the other person save face.
保存别人的面子。
I am just trying to save face.
我只是想挽回面子。
Let the other person save face.
想办法不要让别人丢面子。
You are just trying to save face.
你只是想挽回面子而已。
You are just trying to save face.
你只是想挽回面子。
He tried to save face at all costs.
他不惜一切代价试图保全面子。
They did all this just to save face.
他们这样做只是为了保全面子。
To save face, they may even resort to lying.
为了挽回面子，他们甚至可能会采取撒谎的手段。
为了面子。
They hushed up the scandal in an effort to save face.
他们掩盖了丑闻以图保全面子。
The best way to save face is to use politeness language.
要想保全面子，最好的办法就是使用礼貌语言。
Enjoy losing face now in order to save face in the future!
现在丢脸是为了将来保全面子！
You can't save face by making up lies. Just tell the truth.
编瞎话是不会为你挽回面子的。照实说吧。
We told him that he failed in private so he could save face.
我们私下里告诉他，他失败了，这样可以留点面子。
Remember we all want to save face when exposed to the public.
记住，在公共场合没有人愿意丢面子。
He dropped the gold down the chimney to save face for the impoverished father.
他将黄金扔进烟囱以保留这位穷困的父亲的脸面。
But I'm going to need your help to concoct a story that will help me save face!
但你得帮我编造个故事，好给我留点脸面！
But the questioner had to save face. The game wasn't going the way he'd planned.
然而，那人却要挽回面子，因为游戏没有依照他的想法来进行。
After these big problems at factory, to save face, the company had to blame the machinery.
这个工厂出了严重问题后，为了顾及面子，总是把错误归咎于机器故障。
Koong and Screed escaped, and the Governor tried to save face in front of the unimpressed Imperial.
孔和斯克里德逃了出来。孔总督想在失望的帝国高官眼前挽回脸面。
Chandler tries to save face and makes the 'OK' sign with his hands, while obviously unable to breathe.
钱德勒想保持正常表情，做了个“没事”的手势，但很明显已不能呼吸。
Paying attention to politeness in spoken English is to save face of both the listener and the speaker.
在英语口语中注意礼貌是为了保留双方的面子。
Paying attention to politeness in spoken English is to save face of both the listener and the speaker.
在英语口语中注意礼貌是为了保留双方的面子。
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