acceptable

the acceptable face of the tolerable or attractive manifestation or aspect of (something generally regarded as unattractive or reprehensible).

☞ The seed of this idiom was 'the unacceptable face of capitalism', a phrase used in 1973 by the British prime minister Edward Heath with reference to a large payment made by a commercial company to a former cabinet minister.

2004 Norman Lebrecht La Scena Musicale Christopher Hogwood was the acceptable face of early music, a conductor who never allowed dogmas of authenticity to overwhelm musicality.

词组	acceptable
释义	acceptable the acceptable face of the tolerable or attractive manifestation or aspect of (something generally regarded as unattractive or reprehensible). ☞ The seed of this idiom was 'the unacceptable face of capitalism', a phrase used in 1973 by the British prime minister Edward Heath with reference to a large payment made by a commercial company to a former cabinet minister. 2004 Norman Lebrecht La Scena Musicale Christopher Hogwood was the acceptable face of early music, a conductor who never allowed dogmas of authenticity to overwhelm musicality.
随便看	take (or get) your lumps take (or grab) the bull by the horns take (or have) a punt at take or have the measure of take (or lift) the lid off (or lift the lid on) take (or pick) up the slack take (or plead) the fifth take (or use) a sledgehammer to crack a nut take (or use) a sledgehammer to crack a nut take pot luck take pot luck take precautions take root take someone aback take someone aside take someone at their word take someone down a peg or two take someone for a ride take someone for a sleigh ride take someone or something apart take someone or something apart take someone or something in hand take someone's breath away take someone's name in vain take someone's name in vain