| 单词 | reserve |
| 释义 | reserve (once / 74 pages) 1vn 2n 3n As a noun, reserve refers to the quality of a shy or modest person who doesn’t easily express his or her feelings. As a verb, to reserve is to stash something away or to set it aside for future use. Reserve can also refer to backup supplies or resources. If a military is running out of ammunition or food, they may have to dig into the reserve to replenish their supplies. Reserve is also used as a verb to mean "obtain in advance." If you’re expecting a big crowd at your sister's dance recital, you might show up early to reserve seats for your family members. You could also reserve a table at a restaurant for dinner after the show. WORD FAMILYreserve: reservation, reserved, reserves, reserving, reservist+/reservation: reservations/reserved: reservedly, unreserved/reservist: reservists/unreserved: unreservedly USAGE EXAMPLESThe Texas Christian product spent the final 11 weeks of this season on the injured reserve list. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) After two receptions, his season ended on injured reserve. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) The Times reserves the right to edit and publish any submissions online and/or in print. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v hold back or set aside, especially for future use or contingency Hypo|Hyper devote set aside or apart for a specific purpose or use keep back, withhold hold back; refuse to hand over or share 2v give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause Syn|Hyper allow, appropriate, earmark, set aside allot, assign, portion give out 3v arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance reserve me a seat on a flight Syn|Hypo|Hyper book, hold hold open, keep, keep open, save retain rights to bespeak, call for, quest, request express the need or desire for; ask for 4v obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance We managed to reserve a table at Maxim's Syn|Hypo|Hyper book, hold arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance book up book all available places or tickets bespeak, call for, quest, request express the need or desire for; ask for 5n something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose Syn|Hypo|Hyper backlog, stockpile bank a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies) fuel levelthe amount of fuel remaining reserve account, reserve fundfunds taken out of earnings to provide for anticipated future payments blood banka place for storing whole blood or blood plasma eye banka place for storing and preserving corneas that are obtained from human corpses immediately after death; used for corneal transplantation to patients with corneal defects food banka place where food is contributed and made available to those in need soil bankland retired from crop cultivation and planted with soil-building crops; government subsidies are paid to farmers for their retired land hidden reservereserves that do not show up on the balance sheet (as by understating values) poolany communal combination of funds allowance, allowance account, valuation account, valuation reservea reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets accumulation (finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation 6n armed forces that are not on active duty but can be called in an emergency Syn|Hyper military reserve armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine the military forces of a nation 7n a district that is reserved for particular purpose Syn|Hypo|Hyper reservation 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 8n an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper second-stringer, substitute bench warmer (sports) a substitute who seldom plays pinch hitter(baseball) a substitute for the regular batter athlete, jock a person trained to compete in sports 1n formality and propriety of manner Syn|Hypo|Hyper modesty demureness the trait of behaving with reserve and decorum correctitude, properness, propriety correct or appropriate behavior 2n the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary 3Syn|Hyper reticence, taciturnity uncommunicativeness the trait of being uncommunicative n (medicine) potential capacity to respond in order to maintain vital functions Hypo|Hyper pulmonary reserve the additional volume of air that the lungs can inhale and exhale when breathing to the limit of capacity in times of stress indefinite quantity an estimated quantity |
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