redeeming
adjective uk/rɪˈdiː.mɪŋ/ us/rɪˈdiː.mɪŋ/
可以弥补的,有可取之处的
making someone or something seem less bad
She took me to see a really dull film, the only redeeming feature of which was the soundtrack. 她带我去看了场极为乏味的电影,唯一不错的就是配乐。
It was just gratuitous violence with no redeeming qualities. 这完全是毫无理由的暴力,没有任何可取之处。
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- It had no redeeming features. None. I hated it.
- The only redeeming factor in the diet, in terms of preventing kidney stones, is that people are encouraged to drink a lot of fluid.
- He even found something redeeming about his job cleaning toilets.