| 单词 | save |
| 释义 | Word family noun save saver saving savings saviour/savior verb save Related topics: Banking, Computers, Sport, Christianitysave1 /seɪv/ ●●● S1 W1 verb 1 from harm/danger 免除伤害/危险 [transitive]SAVE/RESCUE to make someone or something safe from danger, harm, or destruction 救，拯救，挽救 → rescue Emergency aid could save millions threatened with starvation. 紧急援助可以拯救数百万受到饥饿威胁的人。 a new treatment that could save his life 能够挽救他生命的一种新疗法 She was determined to save her marriage. 她决心挽救自己的婚姻。 the campaign to save the rain forests 拯救热带雨林的运动save somebody/something from something He saved the child from drowning. 他救起了那个溺水儿童。► see thesaurus at protect, rescue2 money 钱 [intransitive, transitive] (also save up)BFBSAVE MONEY to keep money in a bank so that you can use it later, especially when you gradually add more money over a period of time 储蓄，存钱 He managed to save enough to buy a small house. 他想办法攒够钱买了一幢小房子。 So far, I’ve saved about £500. 到目前为止，我已存了大约500英镑。save for I’m saving up for a new car. 我正在存钱买新车。 → saver3 not waste 不浪费 [transitive] (also save on something)WASTE something to use less money, time, energy etc so that you do not waste any 节省，节约 OPP waste We’ll save a lot of time if we go by car. 我们要是开车去，可以节省很多时间。 Everyone is being encouraged to save energy. 每个人都被鼓励节约能源。 ways to save money on heating bills 节省取暖费的种种办法energy-saving/time-saving etc money-saving ideas 省钱的点子4 to use later 以备后用 [transitive]SAVE something TO USE LATER to keep something so that you can use or enjoy it in the future 保留，保存 We’ll save the rest of the food and have it later. 我们把剩下的食物留着以后吃。save something for something I had a bottle of champagne which I’d been saving for a special occasion. 我有一瓶香槟，是留到特别的日子喝的。5 collect 收集 [transitive] (also save something ↔ up)SAVE something TO USE LATER to keep all the objects of a particular kind that you can find, so that you can use them 收集，积存〔以备后用〕 I’m saving up vouchers to get a cheap air ticket to the States. 我在积存代金券来换一张去美国的便宜机票。6 help to avoid 帮助避免 [transitive]AVOID to help someone by making it unnecessary for them to do something that they do not want to do 使…免除〔不想做的事情〕 If you lent me £5, it would save me a trip to the bank. 如果你能借我五英镑，我就省得去一趟银行了。save somebody doing something I’ll take the shopping home in the car to save you carrying it. 我会把买的东西放在车里带回家，免得你用手拎着。save somebody the trouble/bother (of doing something) I’ll get a taxi from the station to save you the trouble of coming to collect me. 我会从火车站乘出租车，省得你费事来接我。7 keep for SB 替某人保留 [transitive]KEEP/STORE to stop people from using something so that it is available for someone else 〔为某人〕保留 Will you save me a seat? 给我留个座位好吗？save something for somebody We’ll save some dinner for you if you’re late. 你要是回来晚了，我们会给你留饭的。8 computer 计算机 [intransitive, transitive]TD to make a computer keep the work that you have done on it 保存（输入的资料） Don’t forget to save before you close the file. 在关闭文件之前，不要忘记保存。 Did you save the changes that you made? 你把你做的改动保存了吗？9 sport 体育运动 [intransitive, transitive]DS to stop the other team from scoring in a game such as football 〔足球等〕阻碍对方得分，救（球） The goalkeeper just managed to save the shot. 守门员刚好挡住了这次射门。 →5 see picture at 见图 football10 you saved my life spokenTHANK used to thank someone who has helped you out of a difficult situation or solved a problem for you 你帮了我的大忙 Thanks again for the loan – you really saved my life. 再一次谢谢你借钱给我，你真是救了我啊。11 save somebody’s skin/neck/bacon informalSAVE/RESCUE to help someone to escape from an extremely difficult or dangerous situation 帮助某人逃脱困境[险境] He lied in court to save his own skin. 他为了自保在法庭上撒了谎。12 save the day HELPto stop things from going badly and make a situation end successfully 扭转局面；挽回败局 A local businessman saved the day by donating £30,000 to the school. 一位当地的商人向这所学校捐助了三万英镑，挽救了局面。13 save face EMBARRASSED#to do something that will stop you from looking stupid or feeling embarrassed 保全面子 A compromise must be found which will allow both sides in the dispute to save face. 必须找到折中的办法，让纠纷双方都可以保住面子。 → face-saving14 saving grace GOOD POINT OR CHARACTERISTICthe one good thing that makes someone or something acceptable 〔弥补不足的〕可取之处 His sense of humour was his only saving grace. 幽默感是他唯一的可取之处。15 somebody can’t do something to save his/her life informalCAN'T to be completely unable to do something 某人完全不会做某事 He couldn’t draw to save his life! 画画他可是一窍不通！16 save your breath spokenCHANGE/MAKE something DIFFERENT# used to tell someone that it is not worth saying anything, because nothing they say will make any difference to the situation 用不着白费唇舌，说也没有用 I tried to explain, but she told me to save my breath. 我想解释，但她叫我还是省点口水吧。17. save somebody from themselves HARM/BE BAD FOR#to prevent someone from doing something that they want to do but that you think is harmful 阻止某人做某事以免自尝苦果18 religion 宗教 [intransitive, transitive]RRC in the Christian church, to free someone from the power of evil and bring them into the Christian religion 〔基督教〕拯救（某人）；使摆脱罪孽 Jesus came to save sinners. 耶稣来是为拯救罪人而来。n THESAURUSsave to gradually collect money by not spending all the money you have, especially when you regularly put some of it in a bankShe doesn’t earn much, but she still manages to save a few dollars each week.We’re saving for a deposit to buy a house.set/put aside to regularly save part of the money you earn, especially over a long period of timeYou should start setting aside part of your earnings as retirement savings.scrimp and save to try to save money by spending less on the things you need and by saving what you can, especially when you do not earn very muchMy parents scrimped and saved for years to send me to college.squirrel something away informal to keep something, especially money, in a safe place to be used laterI wanted to surprise her, so I squirreled away a couple of dollars a week to spend on a present.economize to spend less money by buying only the things that you really need, or by buying cheaper thingsWeddings can be expensive, but you can economize by doing some things yourself.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpussave• money-saving coupons• It's a low-paid job, but she still manages to save a few dollars each week.• How long did it take you to save all that money?• Estimates of the amount of money saved by the taxpayer over the five-year period vary widely.• The Everqueen is saved by Tyrion.• She planned to work until she had saved enough money to attend nursing school in Nashville.• We can save fifteen minutes by taking the expressway.• They've already started saving for their next vacation.• Michael was saved from choking to death by Susie.• Officer McCarthy had saved her from a savage attack in the park.• The President had been shot from close range. It was only his bullet-proof vest that saved him.• Ben would have died in the blaze if a fireman hadn't saved him.• Did he give it to save his own neck?• I find it very difficult to save - I just spend everything I get.• Don't throw the wrapping paper away - I'm going to save it and use it again.• We're trying to save money to buy a house.• Financial experts are trying to save one of Britain's biggest holiday companies from bankruptcy.• Save the chicken bones to make stock later.• Environmentalists are campaigning to save the white rhinoceros from extinction.• Bob and Martha worked hard to save their marriage, for the sake of the children.• The first order of business is for the guys to save themselves from the elements, starvation, and that darn bear.• My grandmother saved up all her old magazines.• Was this a massive bribe to save Will from a charge of infanticide and possibly the gallows?• Even a few dollars worth of prevention can save you thousands and keep you in business.• Wearing a seat belt can help save your life.• Save your work and close down any applications that are open.save somebody/something from something• The children campaigned to save the playground from being closed.• Neighbors were able to save both children from the fire.save for• I'm saving up for a trip to Europe.save somebody the trouble/bother (of doing something)• Manny says, saving Primo the trouble.• Said he'd save me the trouble.• It saves me the trouble of going after you.• Why not send government poll-takers door to door, saving voters the trouble of having to remember when Election Day falls?• It saved her the trouble of putting gray powder in her hair.• Blyth saved me the trouble of suggesting a game of football by doing it himself.• This time there was plenty of evidence that could have saved him the trouble of the trip.save something for somebody• Kate asked us to save some dinner for her.Related topics: Sportsave2 noun [countable] DSan action in which a player in a game such as football prevents the other team from scoring 〔足球等守门员的〕救球，阻碍对方得分 Martin made a brilliant save from Nichol’s shot. 马丁做了个精彩的救球动作，挡住了尼科尔的射门。Examples from the Corpussave• Len Barrie had the Panthers' other goal against Martin Brodeur, who had 22 saves.• Pat Gavin had a good scoring chance but Stephen Pears brought off a brilliant save.• A few days before the midair save, another orb had been successfully recovered after a gentle landing in the sea.• San Jose goalie Chris Terreri stopped Perreault with a pad save.• Muir's nimble footwork merited a second Rovers goal at the start of the second half but Heald's save prevented it.• Whitehead's save kept his team in the game.• Pears pulled off the save of the match from a Garry Nelson header in the opening minutes.• If the team is good and I make one or two or three saves, they will all be important.made ... save• Fred Barber made a good save from Robbie Mustoe when Ripley crossed into the middle.• Forrest made another fine save, tipping Atkinson's 30-yard shot over his bar.• And the goalkeeper made a brilliant save to tip Philliskirk's long-range shot over the bar.• As it turned out, Rhodes had made the save.• Zeus thrust enormous enemies into darkness; he made and saved the classical family of gods.• Sharks goalie Chris Terreri made 39 saves.• It was made to save the Government some embarrassment.save3 (also save for) preposition formal EXCEPTexcept 除…（之）外 She answered all the questions save one. 所有问题，除了一个以外，她都回答了。save that Little is known about his early life, save that he had a brother. 除了知道他有个弟弟外，他的早期生活几乎不为人知。► see thesaurus at exceptExamples from the Corpussave• The fee covers everything, save one dinner.save that• However effective interactive video is in training, it is this kind of tenfold cost saving that is its most influential argument.• It expects to save that much each year by operating in Golden.• There is real gratitude in the eyes of the lady whose life has probably been saved that night.• By every index available, save that of men in arms, the United States was the strongest nation in the world.• Whenever there was a ballet advertisement or review, he saved that page for her.• The old live on what they have been forced to save and the additional saving that they have voluntarily done.• A lot of public funds could have been saved that way.• Can't we save that woman?From Longman Business Dictionarysavesave /seɪv/ verb1 (also save something → up) [intransitive, transitive]FINANCE to keep or collect money to use later, especially when you gradually add more money over a period of timeShe saves £200 a month from her salary.We want to increase incentives to work, save, and invest.save forI’m saving up for a new car.save to do somethingAfter three years he had saved up enough to fly to Australia.2[transitive] to use less money, time, energy etc, so that you do not waste anyThe Bank expects to save $1.4 million a year with the job cuts.new energy-saving technologysave somebody somethingAn experienced tax professional can save you time and trouble.3[intransitive, transitive]COMPUTING to make a computer keep the work that you have done in its permanent memoryYou transfer information to permanent disk storage by saving your file.Don’t forget to save every few minutes.→ See Verb tableOrigin save1 (1200-1300) Old French salver, from Late Latin salvare, from Latin salvus; → SAFE1 save3 (1200-1300) Old French sauf, from sauf (adjective); → SAFE1save1 verb →10-18 →n THESAURUS1save2 nounsave3 prepositionLDOCE OnlineChinese someone safe from make Business danger, to something Corpus or |
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