- keep safe or rescue (someone or something) from harm or danger救助, 搭救, 挽救：
they brought him in to help save the club from bankruptcy.
他们把他请来挽救俱乐部免于破产。
- prevent (someone) from dying抢救（人）：
the doctors did everything they could to save him.
医生想尽办法抢救他的生命。
- (in Christian use) preserve (a person's soul) from damnation（基督教用语）使（人的灵魂）免于堕落。
- keep (someone) in health (used in exclamations and formulaic expressions)使健康长寿, 护佑：
God save the Queen.
天佑吾后。
- keep and store up (something, especially money) for future use积攒; 储蓄（钱）：
she had never been able to save much from her salary
她从来没能从工资里攒下多少钱
no obj. you can save up for retirement in a number of ways.你可以用多种方法攒钱养老。
- Computing keep (data) by moving a copy to a storage location【计算机】保存（数据）：
save it to a new file.
把它保存到一个新文件里。
- preserve (something) by not expending or using it保存, 保留：
save your strength till later.
留一点劲儿以后用。
- in imperative
save it
N. Amer. informal used to tell someone to stop talking〈北美, 非正式〉行了, 住口： save it, Joey - I'm in big trouble now.
行了, 乔伊, 我现在麻烦已够大了。
- avoid the need to use up or spend (money, time, or other resources)节省（钱、时间或其他资源）：
save £20 on a new camcorder
买新摄像机少用了20英镑
with two objs. an efficient dishwasher would save them one year and three months at the sink.效率高的洗碗机将省下他们一年零三个月的洗碗时间。
- avoid, lessen, or guard against避免; 减少; 防止：
this approach saves wear and tear on the books
这种方法可防止书本的磨损和撕破
with two objs the statement was made to save the government some embarrassment.这个声明是为了避免政府的尴尬而做出的。
- prevent an opponent from scoring (a goal or point) in a game or from winning (the game)阻止对方得（分）; 阻止对方赢得（比赛）：
the powerful German saved three match points.
强大的德国队阻击了三个赛点。
- Soccer (of a goalkeeper) stop (a shot) from entering the goal【英足】（守门员） 阻止对方（射门进球）, 救（球）。
- Baseball (of a relief pitcher) preserve (a winning position) gained by another pitcher【棒球】（替补投手） 保持（其他投手取得的领先地位）。
- chiefly Soccer an act of preventing an opponent's scoring【主英足】阻止对方射门得分, 救球：
the keeper made a great save.
守门员漂亮地将球扑出。
- Baseball an instance of a relief pitcher preserving a winning position gained by another pitcher【棒球】（替补投手为保持其他投手取得的领先地位而作的）救援行动。
- Computing an act of saving data to a storage location【计算机】存储数据。
save one's breath
- often in imperative not bother to say something because it is pointless别废话。
save the day（或situation）
- find or provide a solution to a difficulty or disaster救场; 解决问题; 排除灾难。
save (someone's) face
- 见FACE.
save someone's life
- prevent someone dying by taking specific action抢救某人性命。
cannot do something to save one's life
used to indicate that the person in question is completely incompetent at doing something无计可施（指当事人完全丧失处事能力）：Adrian couldn't draw to save his life.
阿德里安无计可施。
save someone's skin（或neck 或bacon）
- rescue someone from danger or difficulty救某人脱离危险（或困难）。
save the tide
- Nautical, archaic get in and out of port while the tide lasts【航海】〈古〉 涨潮时进出港。
save someone the trouble（或bother）
- avoid involving someone in useless or pointless effort省却某人麻烦（或费心）：
write it down and save yourself the trouble of remembering.
把它写下来, 免得你费心记它。
savable
（亦作saveable）adjective- formal or poetic/literary except; other than〈正式或诗/文〉除…以外; 除了：
no one needed to know save herself
除她自己外没人需要知道
the kitchen was empty save for Boris.
除了鲍里斯, 厨房里没有别人。