| 单词 | save |
| 释义 | save (seɪv ) Word forms: saves , saving , saved 1. verb B1 If you save someone or something, you help them to avoid harm or to escape from a dangerous or unpleasant situation. ...a final attempt to save 40,000 jobs in the troubled aero industry. [VERB noun] One man was still missing last night after the Belgian trawler Lucky capsized off the Dutch coast. Three other men were saved. [VERB noun] A new machine no bigger than a 10p piece could help save babies from cot death. [VERB noun + from] The performance may have saved him from being eliminated. [VERB noun + from] Synonyms: protect, keep, guard, preserve -saving combining form His boxing career was ended after two sight-saving operations. 2. verb A2 If you save, you gradually collect money by spending less than you get, usually in order to buy something that you want. Most people intend to save, but find that by the end of the month there is nothing left. [VERB] Tim and Barbara are now saving for a house in the suburbs. [VERB + for] They could not find any way to save money. [VERB noun] Save up means the same as save. Julie wanted to save up something for a holiday. [VERB PARTICLE + for] People often put money aside to save up enough to make one major expenditure. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 3. verb B1 If you save something such as time or money, you prevent the loss or waste of it. It saves time in the kitchen to have things you use a lot within reach. [VERB noun] More cash will be saved by shutting studios and selling outside-broadcast vehicles. [VERB noun] I'll try to save him the expense of a flight from Perth. [VERB noun noun] I got the fishmonger to skin the fish, which helped save on the preparation time. [VERB + on] -saving combining form ...labor-saving devices. 4. verb A2 If you save something, you keep it because it will be needed later. Drain the beans thoroughly and save the stock for soup. [VERB noun] Scraps of material were saved, cut up and pieced together for quilts. [VERB noun] Synonyms: put aside, keep, reserve, collect 5. verb B1+ If someone or something saves you from an unpleasant action or experience, they change the situation so that you do not have to do it or experience it. The scanner will save risk and pain for patients. [VERB noun] She was hoping that something might save her from having to make a decision. [VERB noun + from] He arranges to collect the payment from the customer, thus saving the client the paperwork. [VERB noun noun] 6. verb A2 If you save data in a computer, you give the computer an instruction to store the data on a tape or disk. [computing] Try to get into the habit of saving your work regularly. [VERB noun] Import your scanned images from the scanner and save as a JPG file. [VERB + as] 7. verb B2 If a goalkeeper saves, or saves a shot, they succeed in preventing the ball from going into the goal. He saved one shot when the ball hit him on the head. [VERB noun] Save is also a noun. Their keeper made an unbelievable save at the end. 8. preposition You can use save to introduce the only things, people, or ideas that your main statement does not apply to. [formal] There is almost no water at all in the area save that brought up from bore holes. save for phrase Save for means the same as save. The parking lot was virtually empty save for a few cars clustered to one side. 9. to save someone's bacon phrase [VERB inflects] If someone or something saves your bacon, they get you out of a dangerous or difficult situation. [British, informal] Your mother once saved my bacon. She lent me money when I needed it. 10. to save the day phrase If someone or something saves the day in a situation which seems likely to fail, they manage to make it successful. ...this story about how he saved the day at his daughter's birthday party. A last moment election can save the day. 11. to save face uncountable noun If you lose face, you do something which makes you appear weak and makes people respect or admire you less. If you do something in order to save face, you do it in order to avoid appearing weak and losing people's respect or admiration. England doesn't want a war but it doesn't want to lose face. To cancel the airport would mean a loss of face for the present governor. She claimed they'd been in love, but I sensed she was only saying this to save face. Phrasal verbs: save up save [sense 2] Idioms: save face to do something so that people continue to respect you and your reputation is not damaged Most children have an almost obsessive need to save face in front of their peers. The change of heart on aid seems to show that officials are looking for a face-saving way to back down. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers save for a rainy day to save some of your money in case there are serious problems in the future Saving for a rainy day and paying off debts is now a top priority for families. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers save someone's bacon [mainly British] to get someone out of a dangerous or difficult situation Your mother once saved my bacon, did you know that? She lent me money when I needed it. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers someone can't do something to save their life [spoken] said to mean that someone cannot do something at all He can't sing to save his life but he is a good guitarist. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers save your own skin to try to save yourself from something dangerous or unpleasant, often without caring what happens to anyone else The government is trying to save its own skin rather than trying to help the victims of the disaster. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: save a game From being in a position where we were dictating the terms of the match, we were fighting to save the game. Times, Sunday Times You just have to chuckle because on a day such as this, when you need to save a game, you need that sort of luck. Times, Sunday Times Challenged to bat out a little more than two days to save the game, they did so, losing only three wickets in the process. Times, Sunday Times Not the best recipe to try to save a game. The Sun The pair put on 259 for the second wicket to save the game. Times, Sunday Times Why do we splurge on a lavish meal but cut coupons to save pennies? Times, Sunday Times Run out of mascara and need to save pennies? The Sun If readers need to save pennies on cakes and biscuits, they'd do better to bake their own. Times, Sunday Times Abolishing them, it now turns out, will save pennies, not billions. Times, Sunday Times Prior to hair removal, a smooth canvas will help give a better shave, keep ingrown hairs at bay and save pennies in the long run. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 救, 节约 Japanese: 救う, ･･･を蓄える |
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