salvage
salvage 英 [ˈsælvɪdʒ] 美 [ˈsælvɪdʒ]
n. 打捞；海上救助 vt. 抢救；海上救助
进行时:salvaging 过去式:salvaged 过去分词:salvaged 第三人称单数:salvages 名词复数:salvages
- To salvage something is to save it...before it's too late. You might try to salvage your damaged reputation by defending yourself, or salvage a burnt piece of toast by scraping off the black residue.
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- n. 打捞；海上救助
- vt. 抢救；海上救助
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1. the salvage of the wrecked tanker
对失事油轮的抢救
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2. a salvage company
打捞公司
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3. an exhibition of the salvage from the wreck
沉船打捞物品展览
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4. We only managed to salvage two paintings from the fire.
我们只从火灾中抢救出两幅画。
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5. What can I do to salvage my reputation ?
我怎样才能挽回我的名声呢？
- salvage (n.) 1640s, "payment for saving a ship from wreck or capture," from French salvage (15c.), from Old French salver "to save" (see save (v.)). The general sense of "the saving of property from danger" is attested from 1878. Meaning "recycling of waste material" is from 1918, from the British effort in World War I.
- salvage (v.) 1889, from salvage (n.). Related: Salvaged; salvaging.
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