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*save¹ /sev; seɪv/
v
1 [T] to make someone or something safe from danger, harm, or destruction 救，搭救，挽救，拯救:
The new speed limit should save more lives. 新规定的最高时速应该能保护更多人的生命。
save sb/sth from Only three people were saved from the fire. 这次火灾中只救出三个人。
2 [I,T] also 又作 save up to keep money so that you can use it later 攒钱，储蓄:
I'm saving up to buy a car. 我在攒钱买车。
Brian's saved $6,000 to put towards a new house. 布赖恩已存了6,000 美元准备买新房子。
3 [T] to use less time, money, energy etc, so that you do not waste any 节省，节约:
We'll save time if we take a taxi. 我们如果乘计程车就可以节省时间。
4 [T] to keep something so that you can use or enjoy it in the future 保存，保留〔以备后用〕:
Let's save the rest of the pie for later. 余下的馅饼我们留着以后再吃吧。
5 [T] to help someone by making it unnecessary for them to do something unpleasant or inconvenient 给…免除〔不愉快或不方便之事〕，免去:
If you could pick up the medicine, it would save me a trip to the pharmacy. 如果你给我取药，那就省得我去药店了。
6 [T] also 又作 save sth ↔ up to keep all the objects of a particular kind that you can find, so that they can be used for a particular purpose 〔为某一目的而〕积存，保留:
She's saving foreign coins for her son's collection. 她把外国硬币留着给儿子收集。
7 [T] to stop people from using something, so that it is available for someone else 保留〔某物供某人使用〕:
We'll save you a seat in the theatre. 我们将在剧院给你留个座位。
8 [I,T] to make a computer keep the work that you have done on it 〔在电脑上〕储存
9 [T] to stop someone getting a GOAL in games such as football or HOCKEY 〔足球或曲棍球等运动中阻止对方射门得分的〕救〔球〕
→ see also 另见 lose/save face (FACE¹)
save on sthto avoid wasting something by using as little of it as possible 节省，节约，节约使用:
We turn the heat off at night to save on electricity. 晚上我们把暖气关掉以节约用电。
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