preserve
preserve 英 [prɪˈzɜ:v] 美 [prɪˈzɜrv]
vt. 保存；保护； n. 保护区；
进行时:preserving 过去式:preserved 过去分词:preserved 第三人称单数:preserves 名词复数:preserves
- When you preserve something, you maintain its condition, like trying to preserve your good health by exercising regularly and eating right.
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- vt. 保存；保护；
- n. 保护区；
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1. ways to preserve dead bodies
保存尸体之法
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2. the ability to preserve food.
保存食物的能力
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3. He was anxious to preserve his reputation.
他急于维护自己的名声。
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4. Efforts to preserve the peace have failed.
维护和平的努力失败了。
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5. a perfectly preserved 14th century house
保存完好的 14 世纪宅第
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6. This vase has been preserved intact.
这个花瓶保存得完好无损。
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7. preserve endangered species from extinction.
成立这个协会是为了保护濒危物种不致灭绝。
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8. Wax polish preserves wood and leather.
上光蜡可保护木材和皮革。
- preserve (n.) "fruit preserved with sugar," c. 1600, from preserve (v.). Earlier it meant "a preservative" (1550s). Sense of "protected place for animals or plants" (a sense more properly belonging to conserve) is from 1807.
- preserve (v.) late 14c., "keep safe," from Anglo-French preservare, Old French preserver, from Medieval Latin preservare "keep, preserve," from Late Latin praeservare "guard beforehand," from Latin prae "before" (see pre-) + servare "to keep safe" (from PIE root *ser- (1) "to protect"). As a treatment of fruit, etc., 1570s; of organic bodies from 1610s. Related: Preserved; preserving.
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