save
英 [seɪv] 美 [sev]
vt.节省； 保存； 储蓄； 解救
vi.节省； 挽救； 救球
prep.&conj.除…之外
n.救援，救援
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.
...a final attempt to save 40,000 jobs in Britain's troubled aero industry...
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
One man was still missing last night after the Belgian trawler Lucky capsized off the Dutch coast. Three other men were saved...
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。
A new machine no bigger than a 10p piece could help save babies from cot death...
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。
-saving
His boxing career was ended after two sight-saving operations.
他的拳击生涯在两次视力救治手术之后终止了。
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.
The majority of people intend to save, but find that by the end of the month there is nothing left...
大多数人都打算存钱，但月末时就会发现已一文不剩。
Tim and Barbara are now saving for a house in the suburbs...
蒂姆和芭芭拉正在攒钱，准备在郊区买一栋房子。
They could not find any way to save money.
他们没办法存下钱。
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。
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.
It saves time in the kitchen to have things you use a lot within reach...
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。
More cash will be saved by shutting studios and selling outside-broadcast vehicles...
通过关闭演播室和出售实况转播车将节省更多资金。
I'll try to save him the expense of a flight from Perth...
我会设法替他省下要从珀斯飞来的机票费用。
-saving
...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.
Drain the beans thoroughly and save the stock for soup...
将豆角彻底控干，并把滤出的豆汁留下做汤。
Scraps of material were saved, cut up and pieced together for quilts.
边角碎料都保留下来，剪好后拼在一起做成被子。
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.
The scanner will save risk and pain for patients...
扫描仪将使病人免遭风险和痛苦。
She was hoping that something might save her from having to make a decision...
她希望有什么能使自己不必作决定。
He arranges to collect the payment from the customer, thus saving the client the paperwork.
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.
Try to get into the habit of saving your work regularly...
要努力养成经常将工作内容存盘的习惯。
Import your scanned images from the scanner and save as a JPG file.
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.
He saved one shot when the ball hit him on the head.
球砸中他的脑袋，从而让他化解了一次射门。
Save is also a noun.
Spurs could have had several goals but for some brilliant saves from John Hallworth.
要不是约翰·霍尔沃思几次精彩的扑救，热刺队原本可以射进好几个球。
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.
There is almost no water at all in Mochudi save that brought up from bore holes.
除了从钻孔中抽上来的水外，莫丘迪几乎滴水无存。
Save for means the same as save .save for 同 save
The parking lot was virtually empty save for a few cars clustered to one side.
除了集中停在一边的少数几辆车之外，停车场几乎是空无一物。
9. to save someone's bacon→see: bacon; to save the day→see: day; to save face→see: face;
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