1 VERB 拯救;搭救;挽救;救助 If you save someone or something, you help them to avoid harm or to escape from a dangerous or unpleasant situation. 拯救;搭救;挽救;救助
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...a final attempt to save 40,000 jobs in Britain's troubled aero industry. [VERB noun]
为保住陷入困境中的英国航空业的 4 万份工作所作的最后一次努力
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One man was still missing last night after the Belgian trawler Lucky capsized off the Dutch coast. Three other men were saved. [VERB noun]
昨晚比利时拖网渔船“幸运号”在荷兰海岸附近沉没后，仍有1人失踪，其余 3 人被救起。
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A new machine no bigger than a 10p piece could help save babies from cot death. [VERB noun + from]
一种体积不超过 10 便士硬币大小的新机器能防止婴儿猝死。
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The national health system saved him from becoming a cripple.
在国民医疗保健系统的救助下，他免于致残。
SYN protect, keep, guard, preserve
2 VERB 储蓄;积攒;攒钱 If you save, you gradually collect money by spending less than you get, usually in order to buy something that you want. 储蓄;积攒;攒钱 [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]
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The majority of people intend to save, but find that by the end of the month there is nothing left. [VERB]
大多数人都打算存钱，但月末时就会发现已一文不剩。
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Tim and Barbara are now saving for a house in the suburbs. [VERB + for]
蒂姆和芭芭拉正在攒钱，准备在郊区买一栋房子。
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They could not find any way to save money. [VERB noun]
他们没办法存下钱。
SYN budget, be economical, economize, scrimp and save
Save up means the same as
save.
save up 同 save -
Julie wanted to put some of her money aside for holidays or save up for something special.
朱莉打算把她的钱拿出一部分用于度假或者存起来作特殊用途。
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People often put money aside in order to save up enough to make one major expenditure.
人们常常为了一笔大的开销而存钱。
3 VERB 节省;节约 If you save something such as time or money, you prevent the loss or waste of it. 节省;节约 [Also V n on n]
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It saves time in the kitchen to have things you use a lot within reach. [VERB noun]
把厨房里常用的东西放在触手可及的地方能节省做饭时间。
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More cash will be saved by shutting studios and selling outside-broadcast vehicles. [VERB noun]
通过关闭演播室和出售实况转播车将节省更多资金。
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I'll try to save him the expense of a flight from Perth. [VERB noun noun]
我会设法替他省下要从珀斯飞来的机票费用。
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I got the fishmonger to skin the fish which helped save on the preparation time. [VERB + on]
我让鱼贩把鱼鳞刮了，这样准备烹制时能省点儿事。
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...labor-saving devices.
节省劳力的设备
4 VERB 保留;留下 If you save something, you keep it because it will be needed later. 保留;留下 [Also VERB n n]
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Drain the beans thoroughly and save the stock for soup. [VERB noun]
将豆角彻底控干，并把滤出的豆汁留下做汤。
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Scraps of material were saved, cut up and pieced together for quilts. [VERB noun]
边角碎料都保留下来，剪好后拼在一起做成被子。
SYN put aside, keep, reserve, collect
5 VERB 免去;省去;使免受 If someone or something saves you from an unpleasant action or experience, they change the situation so that you do not have to do it or experience it. 免去;省去;使免受
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The scanner will save risk and pain for patients. [VERB noun]
扫描仪将使病人免遭风险和痛苦。
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She was hoping that something might save her from having to make a decision. [VERB noun + from]
她希望有什么能使自己不必作决定。
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He arranges to collect the payment from the customer, thus saving the client the paperwork. [VERB noun noun]
他安排直接向顾客收取费用，免去了顾客填写各种文件的麻烦。
6 VERB 保存;存盘 If you save data in a computer, you give the computer an instruction to store the data on a tape or disk. 保存;存盘 [computing]
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Try to get into the habit of saving your work regularly. [VERB noun]
要努力养成经常将工作内容存盘的习惯。
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Import your scanned images from the scanner and save as a JPG file. [VERB + as]
从扫描仪导入扫描后的图像，并保存为 JPG 文件。
7 VERB 救(球) If a goalkeeper saves, or saves a shot, they succeed in preventing the ball from going into the goal. 救(球) [Also VERB]
8 PREP 除…之外 You can use save to introduce the only things, people, or ideas that your main statement does not apply to. 除…之外 [formal]
Save for means the same as
save .
save for 同 save 9 to save someone's bacon→see: bacon to save the day→see: day to save face→see: face
| Thesaurus | save Also look up: |
| VERB. | defend, protect, rescue 1 conserve, economize, hoard; (ant.) waste 2 3 4 |
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