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1 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb/sth (from sth/doing sth) make or keep sb/sth safe (from harm, loss, etc) 救; 拯救; 援救; 保全(以免傷害、 損失等)
save sb's life 救某人的命
save sb from drowning 救溺水的人
save a person from himself, eg from the results of his own foolishness 使某人免於自食惡果
It was too late to save the sick woman, and she died. 病婦未獲及時搶救而死亡.
Can the school be saved from closure? 能保全這所學校不致關閉嗎?
She saved the set (ie at tennis) by winning the next game. 她因下一局獲勝從而贏了這一盤(網球)比賽.
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(a) [I, Ipr, Ip, Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p]
~ (sth) (up) (for sth); ~ (with sth) keep (money) for future use; not spend 儲存(錢); 貯蓄
It's prudent to save. 儲蓄是有遠見的.
save (up) for a new bike/to buy a new bike 攢錢買新自行車
I save with (ie keep my savings in) the Brighton Building Society. 我把錢存在布賴頓房屋建筑協會里.
save part of one's salary each month 把每月薪水存起一部分來.
(b) [Tn, Dn.n, Dn.pr]
~ sth (for sb/sth) keep sth for future use; not use up sth completely 儲存某物; 不將某物用完
Don't eat all the cake now; save some for tomorrow. 現在別把蛋糕都吃了, 留些明天吃.
Save your strength for the hard work you'll have to do later. 留著點兒勁兒, 你一會兒還得干重活兒呢.
save one's eyes, ie protect one's eyesight, eg by not reading too much 保護視力
Don't drink all the wine; save me some/save some for me! 別把酒喝光了, 給我留些!
(c) [Ipr, Tn]
~ (on) sth avoid wasting sth 避免浪費某物; 節省; 節約
save on time and money by shopping at the supermarket 到超級市場購物省時省錢
save fuel by insulating one's house 給房子作隔熱處理以節省燃料.
3 [Tn, Tg, Tsg, Dn.n]
make (sth) unnecessary; make it unnecessary for sb to use sth, spend sth, etc 省去(某事物); 使某人不必使用、 花費...
Order the goods by phone and save (yourself) a journey. 打電話購物免得(親自)跑一趟.
Walking to the office saves (me) spending money on bus fares. 步行上班可省(我)公共汽車費.
The gift of money saved our having to borrow from the bank. 有了這筆贈款我們就不用向銀行借錢了.
That will save us a lot of trouble. 那就省了我們很多麻煩.
We've been saved a lot of expense by doing the work ourselves. 我們自己做那工作, 節省了一大筆開銷.
4 [I, Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb (from sth) set sb free (from the power of sin or its bad consequences) 拯救, 挽救某人(擺脫罪愆或罪孽); 赦罪
Jesus saves! 耶穌拯救世人!
Jesus Christ came into the world to save us from our sins. 基督降世拯救我們擺脫罪惡.
5 [Tn] (in football, etc) prevent an opponent from making (a scoring shot, etc) (足球等)阻礙對方得(分等), 救球
The goalie managed to save a shot struck at close range. 守門員救起一個近距離射的球.
6 (idm 習語) pinch and save/scrape => pinch . risk/save one's neck => neck. save sb's `bacon (infml 口) prevent sb from failing, losing, being harmed, etc 使某人免於失敗或免受損失、 傷害等
I was nearly bankrupt, but your loan saved my bacon. 我已瀕於破產, 是你借給我的錢使我幸免於難. save one's `breath not bother to speak when it is useless 不必白費唇舌
You can save your breath
you'll never persuade her. 別白費唇舌了, 你決說服不了她. save (sb's) `face preserve one's/sb's pride, reputation, etc 保全面子
Though she'd lost her job, she saved face by saying she'd left it willingly. 她失去了工作, 卻說是自愿離職以保全面子. save one's (own) `hide/`skin (infml usu derog 口, 通常作貶義) escape ...
?? 擴展釋義
*[seiv]n. 救球vt. 解救, 挽救, 儲蓄, 保存, 節省, 保留vi. 挽救, 節省, 救球prep. 除...之外【計】 保存【經】 節省, 節約, 避免相關詞組: save one's face save time save on sth save sb from