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单词 to reserve alive
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to reserve alive
b. transitive. With object complement. To keep or maintain (a person or thing) in a particular state or condition. Now archaic and rare (in later use chiefly in to reserve alive: cf. sense 4a).
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > preserve from injury or destruction [verb (transitive)] > preserve from decay, loss, or destruction > preserve in certain condition
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c1400 Bk. to Mother (Bodl.) 167 (MED) Angelis þat kepten not þer state he reseruede in euerlastinge peine.
?1518 A. Barclay Fyfte Eglog sig. Avjv But suche as were fayre, and of theyr stature ryght As wyse and subtyle, reserued she in syght.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. DDDii He was euermore quyet and restfull in hymselfe, and reserued his spirit euer at libertye.
1592 Countess of Pembroke tr. R. Garnier Antonius iv. sig. L4 You euer-liuing Gods..which..subiect to no chaunge Chaunge all, reseruing nothing in one state.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) v. i. 464 One in the prison That should by priuate order else haue dide, I haue reseru'd aliue. View more context for this quotation
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ii. 73 He reserueth vnder his commaund, fourty thousand..Horse-men.
1633 T. Heywood Eng. Traveller ii. i Till that day come, you shall reserve yourself A single man.
1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. i. 217 Sometimes he [sc. the fox] is reserved alive, and hunted another Day.
1821 W. Grimshaw Hist. U.S. (ed. 2) xi. 227 The public property destroyed was immense, and that which was reserved uninjured amounted in value to at least half a million of dollars.
1876 Med. Times & Gaz. 23 Dec. 138/2 The tumor..was reserved entire for examination, and with it a fragment of liver and a kidney.
1909 H. R. Haggard Yellow God viii. 142 Save a few whom they reserved alive, they killed them mercilessly.
1946 F. Martin Hunting of Silver Fleece vii. 66 The men and aged were killed at once, the women reserved alive for warriors' delight.
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