| 单词 | reserve |
| 释义 | reserve (rɪzɜːʳv ) Word forms: reserves , reserving , reserved 1. verb [usually passive] B1+ If something is reserved for a particular person or purpose, it is kept specially for that person or purpose. A double room with a balcony overlooking the sea had been reserved for him. [be VERB-ed + for] In the United States lanes are reserved for cars with more than one occupant. [be V-ed for n] 2. verb B1 If you reserve something such as a table, ticket, or magazine, you arrange for it to be kept specially for you, rather than sold or given to someone else. I'll reserve a table for five. [VERB noun] Demand will be huge, so ask your newsagent to reserve your copy today. [VERB noun] Synonyms: book, arrange in advance, make a reservation for, prearrange 3. countable noun A reserve is a supply of something that is available for use when it is needed. The Gulf has 65 per cent of the world's oil reserves. A friend can be a reserve of help in times of trouble. 4. countable noun In sports, a reserve is someone who is available to play as part of a team if one of the members is ill or cannot play. [mainly British] He ended up as a reserve, but still qualified for a team gold medal. 5. countable noun B2 A nature reserve is an area of land where the animals, birds, and plants are officially protected. Marine biologists are calling for Cardigan Bay to be created a marine nature reserve to protect the dolphins. 6. uncountable noun If someone shows reserve, they keep their feelings hidden. The subject is one which must be discussed with reserve. His natural reserve made him appear self-conscious. 7. in reserve phrase If you have something in reserve, you have it available for use when it is needed. The company needs to keep some cash in reserve. There were patrol cars on the streets and riot police standing by in reserve. Synonyms: in readiness, ready, spare, to hand 8. countable noun A military reserve is a group of soldiers who are ready to join a military operation if they are needed. 9. to reserve judgment phrase If you reserve judgment on something, you refuse to give an opinion about it until you know more about it. Doctors are reserving judgement on his ability to travel until later in the week. [+ on] 10. to reserve the right phrase If you say that you reserve the right to do something, you mean that you will do it if you feel that it is necessary. He reserved the right to change his mind. The ministry said it reserved the right to take whatever action necessary. Collocations: build up reserves They are allowed to squirrel away up to 15 per cent of their income each year and so build up reserves. Times,Sunday Times The asparagus cutting has to stop now to allow the crowns to build up reserves for next year's crop. The Sun An audit in the same year said that cash flow was a 'key financial risk' which meant it could not build up reserves. Times, Sunday Times This means they can build up reserves of cash in good years to help boost dividend payments in lean years. Times, Sunday Times The charity had significant unrestricted funds it could have used to build up reserves. Times, Sunday Times It creates virtual queues, whereby visitors reserve a place electronically and are alerted when they need to be at the gate. Times, Sunday Times To reserve a place on the list, you'll need to put down £38,000, which goes towards the £189,000 price tag. The Sun More than 400,000 people handed over $1,000 (then about 700) to reserve their place on a waiting list for the yet-to-be-built vehicle. Times, Sunday Times Put your hope in heaven; you're not home yet, but there's a place reserved in heaven for you where there are many rooms. Christianity Today I just hope the couple have reserved some places for their families. The Sun We only have a limited seating capacity of 400, so sign up now to reserve your seat. Christianity Today The international chambers of the world would reserve a seat. Times, Sunday Times Passengers are advised to reserve a seat or risk having to stand for the entire trip. The Sun No, they told passengers, you can't reserve a seat. Times, Sunday Times On long haul flights it will cost 60 to reserve a seat in business class, or 50 for premium economy or exit row seats with extra leg-room. The Sun You could reserve a space only one day in advance - and not a space on a plane, but at the airport. Times, Sunday Times So, for the next few issues we've decided to reserve this space to look at specific problems sent to us by you, the reader. Christianity Today To reserve a space in the class, call 281-996-3360. Houston Chronicle Call 281-855-5626 to reserve your space. Houston Chronicle They can also reserve a space near their destination. Times, Sunday Times Order a fancy picnic and reserve a spot on the lawn near the lake. Times, Sunday Times Nor are they seeking to reserve their spot. Times, Sunday Times You can reserve a spot out here at no extra charge. The Sun The prime positions, naturally, had been nabbed by the professional parenting types who packed their bags the night before and reserved their spot with a picnic blanket. The Sun After entering his phone number and speaking his name, the customer hangs up the phone and a virtual placeholder reserves his spot in the queue. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Take a picnic or reserve a table at the local cafe for lunch. Times, Sunday Times (2008) It was lunchtime and they'd reserved a table for me. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Since my problem is keeping my weight up and not down, this suited me to a T and I reserved a table for eight o'clock. DOUBTFUL MOTIVES Passengers who signed up as early as 2004 paid $200,000 to reserve a ticket. Times,Sunday Times Visitors who reserve a ticket in advance have a substantially shorter wait. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Culture+ members can reserve their tickets now with an exclusive priority booking period. Times, Sunday Times Despite the demand, we have reserved tickets for them: they just need to name the date. Times, Sunday Times Call 936-441-4762 to reserve tickets via credit card. Houston Chronicle It may be best to reserve judgment on its prospects for now, at least. Times, Sunday Times I reserve judgment until a performance of the complete work, promised for the orchestra's winter season. Times, Sunday Times I'll reserve judgment until the end of the season but it would have made it less credible had we been in the mix. The Sun The court will reserve judgment. Times, Sunday Times I'll reserve judgment on the dirndl, though. Times, Sunday Times Nah, it's reserved solely for the 'lower classes'. Times, Sunday Times Not that obscenely high prices are reserved solely for the capital. Times, Sunday Times For once, the adulation of the red masses was reserved solely for the visiting team. Times, Sunday Times His pages were not reserved solely for the good and the great. Times, Sunday Times A sign planted in the side of the car park advises that certain bays are reserved solely for drivers of hybrid vehicles. Times, Sunday Times His integrity and industry and his role as defender of the threatened nation allowed him to inspire and access all the national reserves of strength. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Such situations place demands on a person's coordination and reserves of strength as well as requiring sufficient appreciation of the terrain. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He appeared to be a frail old man and yet was possessed of unexpected reserves of strength and will. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Aside from that, they are extremely skilled pilots, with mechs that have immense reserves of strength for conventional combat. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His slightly built and bespectacled appearance disguised immense reserves of strength and an overwhelming turn of speed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Of the 12,454 completions achieved last year, 9,000 of them came on land brought forward from that strategic reserve. Times, Sunday Times And it may well be that with so much else being squeezed in defence, our volunteers become ever more crucial in generating a strategic reserve against the unexpected. Times, Sunday Times With six out of eight refineries still on strike, supplies are coming from the strategic reserve and from imports. Times, Sunday Times If necessary, the government would draw on the country's strategic reserve of oil supplies, he said. Times, Sunday Times Some of the different categories of military reserves are: tactical reserve, operational reserve, strategic reserve. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I expect that some of the blocks will have substantial reserves, while others might be a disappointment. Times, Sunday Times Corporate tiddlers tend to be focused on a single business activity and rarely have substantial reserves to help them survive setbacks. Times, Sunday Times Small companies tend to be higher-risk than large ones because they are less likely to have substantial reserves and more likely to be focused on a single commercial activity. Times, Sunday Times This enables them to build up substantial reserves, which they can use to boost payments in leaner times. Times, Sunday Times Find nothing and you lose your money; find substantial reserves and the state squeezes you until your shareholders' pips squeak. Times, Sunday Times A healthy tortoise should be able to hibernate for up to 20 weeks — but make sure it has sufficient reserves of body fat. Times, Sunday Times They will resume lending only when they can be confident that they have built up sufficient reserves. Times, Sunday Times Auditors would be required to assure investors that weakly capitalised companies had sufficient reserves to pay dividends in an attempt to prevent unnecessary corporate failures. Times,Sunday Times If your company has sufficient reserves to absorb the losses, the sale of the trading side would affect only the amount ultimately returned to shareholders on winding up. Times, Sunday Times School boards will likely need to go to voter referendum for future construction spending, unless they have a sufficient reserves to cover the costs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The two finds have 20 million barrels of oil in total reserves, almost a tenth of the oil found in 2011 and represent an all-time low. Times, Sunday Times Estimates of the total reserves in the block have also been downgraded to 1.4 trillion cubic feet, a fifth of estimates in 2011. Times, Sunday Times The total reserves of potash are estimated at 15,000 tonnes, and magnesium stay in about 18,000,000 tonnes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The mine's total reserves amount to 1.238 million tonnes of ore grading between 24 and 28% chromium metal. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The mine's total reserves amount to 0.652 million tonnes of ore grading 38% chromium metal. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The technology has unlocked vast reserves of oil and gas in shale formations underground, transformed the energy industry and fuelled the fortunes of families. Times, Sunday Times Apparently he knows a cave where 40 thieves have hidden vast reserves of gold. Times, Sunday Times While some private schools have vast reserves and assets to draw on in an emergency, the majority do not. Times,Sunday Times The planet has vast reserves of oil and gas. Times, Sunday Times Vast reserves of natural gas were discovered off the province's coastline in 2010. Times,Sunday Times The place was declared a wildlife reserve in 2005. Times, Sunday Times Each villa occupies its own two-acre plot and your only other neighbours live in the nature and wildlife reserve. Times, Sunday Times You can make a good wildlife reserve by keeping humans out; you can make a still better one by inviting humans in. Times, Sunday Times I mean, just look at him: food repository beard, half-mast trousers, the kind of hair that could double as a wildlife reserve. Times, Sunday Times The wildlife reserve will be up and running in a remarkably short space of time, for this isn't a rainforest that needs thousands of years to mature. Times, Sunday Times But world reserves have fallen from 100 days' supply in 2000 to 40 days' in 2006 and are at their lowest since 1979. Times, Sunday Times It has proven reserves of more than 900 trillion cu ft, accounting for 15 per cent of world reserves. Times, Sunday Times If production and consumption continue at the present rate, proven and economically recoverable world reserves would last for about 150 years. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The world reserves of perlite are estimated at 700 million tonnes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 World reserves of wollastonite were estimated to exceed 90 million tonnes, with probable reserves of about 270 million tonnes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 储备, 自然保护区, 保留 Japanese: 蓄え retention, 保護区 land, 取っておく |
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