| 单词 | reservation |
| 释义 | reservation (once / 703 pages) 1n 2n A reservation is something set aside, like a table at a restaurant or land for Native Americans. For fancy restaurants and hotels, you need a reservation: you call ahead and ask them to set aside a table or room for you. A reservation is also a piece of land set aside by the government for a group. In the U.S., there are Native American reservations. Sometimes a reservation is a doubt. If you have reservations about taking a trip to Australia, then you're not sure about it. You're not rushing to make reservations at a hotel there. WORD FAMILYreservation: reservations+/reserve: reservation, reserved, reserves, reserving, reservist/reserved: reservedly, unreserved/reservist: reservists/unreserved: unreservedly USAGE EXAMPLESA special thanks to the folks in the reservations department at the Trump International Hotel here who helped us rent this ballroom on last-minute notice. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) He is a revered coach on a reservation where hoops are a cousin to religion. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) The Truxton Circle cider bar is open as usual with reservations for New Year's Eve. Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) 1 1n the act of keeping back or setting aside for some future occasion Hyper preservation, saving the activity of protecting something from loss or danger 2n the act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group) Syn|Hyper booking employment, engagement the act of giving someone a job 3n something reserved in advance (as a hotel accommodation or a seat on a plane etc.) Hypo|Hyper upgrade a reservation that is improved prearrangement something arranged in advance 4n a statement that limits or restricts some claim he recommended her without any reservations Syn|Hypo|Hyper qualification fine print, small print the part of a contract that contains reservations and qualifications that are often printed in small type weasel wordan equivocal qualification; a word used to avoid making an outright assertion statement a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc 5n an unstated doubt that prevents you from accepting something wholeheartedly Syn|Hyper arriere pensee, mental reservation doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, incertitude, uncertainty the state of being unsure of something 6n the written record or promise of an arrangement by which accommodations are secured in advance 2Hyper agreement, understanding the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises n a district that is reserved for particular purpose Syn|Hypo|Hyper reserve Indian reservation a reservation set aside for the use of Indians preservea reservation where animals are protected shooting preservea preserve on which hunting is permitted during certain months of the year administrative district, administrative division, territorial division a district defined for administrative purposes |
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