face-saving | adj utk menjaga maruah: a ~ solution, satu penyelesaian utk menjaga maruah. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
face-saver | n (usaha) utk menjaga maruah: the new post created was merely a ~, jawatan baru yg diwujudkan itu hanyalah utk menjaga maruah. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
preserve | b. keep safe for the future, memelihara: efforts have been made to ~ the historical site, segala usaha telah dijalankan utk memelihara kawasan yg bersejarah itu; their aim was to ~ their traditional customs, tujuan mereka adalah utk memelihara adat tradisi mereka; c. keep safe from harm etc, menyelamatkan; (in pleas to God) melindungi: it is the duty of every doctor to ~ life, memang menjadi tugas doktor utk melindungi nyawa; may God ~ us from evil, semoga Tuhan melindungi kami drpd kejahatan; 2. retain (dignity, sense of humour, etc) menjaga, mengawal: I managed to ~ my self-respect by not responding to their sarcastic remarks, saya dapat menjaga maruah saya dgn tdk mempedulikan sindiran mereka; 3. keep (food) from decay, mengawet: they dried the salted strips of meat in the sun and so ~d them, mereka mengeringkan kepingan daging bergaram itu di tengah panas lalu mengawetkannya; she ~s fruits for winter, dia mengawet buah-buahan utk musim sejuk. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
honour | give o’s word of ~, bersumpah; have the ~ of, (as request) sudikah; hold so. in great ~, sangat menghormati sso; I have the ~ to /inform, submit, etc/, dgn segala hormatnya saya /memaklumkan, membentangkan, dll/; (in) ~ bound, demi menjaga /nama baik, kehormatan, maruah/; in ~ of, sbg penghormatan sempena; (so.) sbg penghormatan kpd: the assembly was held in ~ of the King’s visit, perhimpunan itu diadakan sbg penghormatan sempena lawatan Raja; on o’s ~, on o’s trust, sso (telah) berjanji: I’m on my ~ not to reveal anything, saya telah berjanji tdk memberitahukan apa-apa; point of ~, soal /maruah, kehormatan/; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |