preserve
verb /prɪˈzɜːv/
/prɪˈzɜːrv/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they preserve | /prɪˈzɜːv/ /prɪˈzɜːrv/ |
| he / she / it preserves | /prɪˈzɜːvz/ /prɪˈzɜːrvz/ |
| past simple preserved | /prɪˈzɜːvd/ /prɪˈzɜːrvd/ |
| past participle preserved | /prɪˈzɜːvd/ /prɪˈzɜːrvd/ |
| -ing form preserving | /prɪˈzɜːvɪŋ/ /prɪˈzɜːrvɪŋ/ |
- preserve something to keep a particular quality, feature, etc.; to make sure that something is kept
保护；维护；保留 - He was anxious to preserve his reputation.
他急于维护自己的名声。 - Efforts to preserve the peace have failed.
维护和平的努力失败了。 - She managed to preserve her sense of humour under very trying circumstances.
她在艰难的环境下依然不失幽默感。 - He was insistent on preserving the integrity of the brand.
他坚持维护品牌的完整性。
- The Act contained provisions designed to preserve the status quo.
法令中有旨在维护现状的规定。 - She was determined to preserve her independence and way of life.
她决意保持独立和自己的生活方式。 - The style of the original film is preserved perfectly.
完好保留了原片的风格。 - We were anxious to preserve the character of the house.
我们急于保持房子的特色。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- faithfully
- lovingly
- …
- seek to
- try to
- be anxious to
- …
- as
- for
- from
- …
- an attempt to preserve something
- beautifully, exquisitely, well, wonderfully, etc. preserved
- be preserved intact
- …
- He was anxious to preserve his reputation.
- [often passive] to keep something in its original state in good condition
维持…的原状；保存；保养 - preserve something/somebody a perfectly preserved 14th century house
保存完好的 14 世纪宅第 - (humorous) Is he really 60? He's remarkably well preserved.
他真有 60 岁了吗？他真会保养啊。 - We need knowledgeable gallery curators to preserve great masterpieces for posterity.
我们需要知识渊博的美术馆馆长来为后代保存伟大的杰作。 - preserve something + adj. This vase has been preserved intact.
这个花瓶保存得完好无损。
Topics Buildingsb2- She carefully preserved all his letters.
她小心地保存着他所有的信件。 - The collection has been sold to the British Museum where it will be preserved for the nation.
这批藏品卖给了大英博物馆，成为国家的藏品。 - The prison is preserved as a tourist attraction.
这座监狱被保存下来用作旅游景点。 - They were thrilled to discover a beautifully preserved specimen of Roman pottery.
他们因发现了一件保存完好的罗马时代陶器而欣喜若狂。 - You need to say why the building is worth preserving.
你需要说明为什么这幢建筑值得保存。 - campaigners fighting to preserve a historic building
为保护有历史意义的建筑而积极行动的活动家们 - The National Trust preserves the house and its grounds.
国家信托基金保护房子和它的庭院。 - Three miles away is a perfectly preserved stretch of Roman road.
3英里以外是一段保存完好的古罗马公路。 - The iron coins are poorly preserved and have rusted.
这些铁币保存不善，生锈了。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- faithfully
- lovingly
- …
- seek to
- try to
- be anxious to
- …
- as
- for
- from
- …
- an attempt to preserve something
- beautifully, exquisitely, well, wonderfully, etc. preserved
- be preserved intact
- …
- preserve something/somebody a perfectly preserved 14th century house
- to prevent something, especially food, from decaying (= being destroyed by natural processes) by treating it in a particular way
贮存；保鲜 - preserve something Wax polish preserves wood and leather.
上光蜡可保护木材和皮革。 - preserved lemons
腌制的柠檬 - preserve something in something olives preserved in brine
盐水橄榄 - preserve something from something an attempt to preserve the corpse from decomposition
保存尸体使其免于腐烂的尝试
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- faithfully
- lovingly
- …
- seek to
- try to
- be anxious to
- …
- as
- for
- from
- …
- an attempt to preserve something
- beautifully, exquisitely, well, wonderfully, etc. preserved
- be preserved intact
- …
- preserve something Wax polish preserves wood and leather.
- preserve somebody/something (from something) to keep somebody/something alive, or safe from harm or danger
使继续存活；保护；保全 - The society was set up to preserve endangered species from extinction.
成立这个协会是为了保护濒危物种不致灭绝。
- We need to take action to help preserve fish stocks.
我们需要采取行动以保护渔业资源。 - She wanted to preserve him from harassment.
她想保护他免受骚扰。 - To preserve life should always be the goal.
保护生命永远是最终目标。
compare conserve - The society was set up to preserve endangered species from extinction.
词源late Middle English (in the sense ‘keep safe from harm’): from Old French preserver, from late Latin praeservare, from prae- ‘before, in advance’ + servare ‘to keep’.