1 VERB 保持，维持（原状） If you preserve a situation or condition, you make sure that it remains as it is, and does not change or end. 保持，维持（原状）
SYN maintain, keep, continue, retain
2 VERB 保护；保存；维护 If you preserve something, you take action to save it or protect it from damage or decay. 保护；保存；维护
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We need to preserve the forest. [VERB noun]
我们需要保护森林。
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Conservation is an issue which gets a lot of attention these days — whether it means preserving old buildings, or protecting the environment. [VERB noun]
资源保护是目前备受关注的问题—不管它指的是对古建筑的保护，还是对环境的保护。
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...perfectly preserved medieval houses. [VERB-ed]
保存完好的中世纪房屋
SYN protect, keep, save, maintain
3 VERB 保存，腌制（食物） If you preserve food, you treat it in order to prevent it from decaying so that you can store it for a long time. 保存，腌制（食物）
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I like to make puree, using only enough sugar to preserve the plums. [VERB noun]
我喜欢做果泥，只需要用一点糖把李子腌一下。
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...preserved ginger in syrup. [VERB-ed]
用糖浆腌制的姜
SYN keep, save, store, can
4 N-PLURAL 蜜饯；果酱 Preserves are foods such as jam that are made by cooking fruit with a large amount of sugar so that they can be stored for a long time. 蜜饯；果酱
5 N-COUNT 专属工作；独占的活动领域 If you say that a job or activity is the preserve of a particular person or group of people, you mean that they are the only ones who take part in it. 专属工作；独占的活动领域
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The conduct of foreign policy is largely the preserve of the president. [+ of]
外交政策事宜主要由总统专门负责。
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With the menfolk away at war, women got their first crack at the male preserves of employment and sport.
由于男人们都去了战场，女人们第一次在男性专属的职业和运动中一展身手。
SYN area, department [informal] , field, territory
6 N-COUNT 保护区 A nature preserve is an area of land or water where animals are protected from hunters. 保护区 [US]
SYN reserve, reservation, sanctuary, game reserve
| Word Link | ation ≈ state of : dehydration, elevation, preservation |
| Word Link | serv ≈ keeping : conserve, observe, preserve |
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