释义 |
not be able to do something to save your life (informal) to be completely unable to do something完全干不了某事;死也做不了某事- He can't interview people to save his life.要他的命,他也采访不了人。
Synonyms savesaveThese words all mean to prevent somebody/something from dying, losing something, being harmed or embarrassed.- save to prevent somebody/something from dying, being harmed or destroyed or losing something:
- Doctors were unable to save him.医生未能把他救活。
- a campaign to save the panda from extinction一场拯救大熊猫免于灭绝的运动
- rescue to save somebody/something from a dangerous or harmful situation:
- They were rescued by a passing cruise ship.他们被一艘经过的游轮救起。
- bail somebody out to rescue somebody/something from a difficult situation, especially by providing money:
- Don’t expect me to bail you out if it all goes wrong.如果一切都搞砸了,就别指望我来解救你。
- redeem (formal, religion) to save somebody from the power of evil:
- He was a sinner, redeemed by the grace of God.他是一个罪人,承蒙上主的恩宠才获得救赎。
Redeem is also used in non-religious language in the phrase redeem a situation, which means to prevent a situation from being as bad as it might be. Patterns- to save/rescue/redeem somebody/something from something
- to save/rescue/redeem a situation
- to save/redeem sinners/mankind
- to rescue somebody/bail somebody out financially
See also save | life |