| 单词 | preserve |
| 释义 | preserve (prɪzɜːʳv ) Word forms: preserves , preserving , preserved 1. verb B2 If you preserve a situation or condition, you make sure that it remains as it is, and does not change or end. We will do everything to preserve peace. [VERB noun] ...an effort to fit in more students while preserving standards. [VERB noun] Synonyms: maintain, keep, continue, retain preservation (prezəʳveɪʃən ) uncountable noun ...the preservation of the status quo. [+ of] Synonyms: storage, smoking, drying, bottling Synonyms: upholding, keeping, support, security 2. verb B2 If you preserve something, you take action to save it or protect it from damage or decay. We need to preserve the forest. [VERB noun] Why are we so obsessed with preserving buildings that are no longer fit for purpose? [VERB noun] ...perfectly preserved medieval houses. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: protect, keep, save, maintain preservation uncountable noun B2 ...the preservation of buildings of architectural or historic interest. [+ of] Synonyms: storage, smoking, drying, bottling Synonyms: protection, safety, maintenance, conservation 3. verb B2 If you preserve food, you treat it in order to prevent it from decaying so that you can store it for a long time. I like to make puree, using only enough sugar to preserve the plums. [VERB noun] ...preserved ginger in syrup. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: keep, save, store, can 4. plural noun Preserves are foods such as jam that are made by cooking fruit with a large amount of sugar so that they can be stored for a long time. 5. countable noun If you say that a job or activity is the preserve of a particular person or group of people, you mean that they are the only ones who take part in it. The conduct of foreign policy is largely the preserve of the president. [+ of] Many areas of the film industry remain almost entirely male preserves. Synonyms: area, department [informal], field, territory 6. countable noun A nature preserve is an area of land or water where animals are protected from hunters. [US] ...Pantanal, one of the world's great wildlife preserves. Synonyms: reserve, reservation, sanctuary, game reserve Collocations: preserve a species Some people breed birds to preserve a species. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This pace may adversely affect attempts to preserve the species. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Vendace have been moved to higher lakes on a number of occasions to preserve the species, notably in 2005 and 2011. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They are the focus of a research, conservation, and breeding program that aims to preserve the species. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Using cryopreservation and recent cloning technologies are considerations for reproducing and reintroducing the minks into the wild to preserve the species population. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He kept a special refrigerator to store and preserve the specimens his admirers sent him — birds, badgers, foxes — and encouraged spiders to keep his workroom relatively free of flies. Times, Sunday Times The process of collecting and preserving the specimens was rigorous and well documented in existing records. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The species lived around a lake in a volcanically active area and was found in fine-grained volcanic ash lacustrine (lake-bed) deposits, the ash helping to preserve the specimens. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The locals still preserve the tradition of the evening paseo or stroll. The Sun There, in 2009, a dragon rescued a fox — and, in the process, helped to preserve a tradition of cloth manufacturing that stretches back to the 16th century. Times, Sunday Times How do we preserve that tradition? Times, Sunday Times The activities of camel thorn gathering have almost been stopped though there are efforts to preserve the tradition. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In some families, costumes are handed down from generation to generation as they wish to preserve the tradition. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The cold will have helped to preserve evidence. Times, Sunday Times The court found that the defendant had a duty to preserve evidence since it should have known that it would be relevant for future litigation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His body was protected by people on the street to prevent authorities from seizing it and to preserve evidence. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Discovery also allows the parties to formulate and narrow the issues for trial and obtain and preserve evidence. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This includes the photographing of fingerprints and questioned documents in order to preserve evidence of value in the process of crime investigation or presentation before the courts. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He warned that the modern world was fragile and needed mutual respect between nations to preserve stability. Times, Sunday Times I had to do this to preserve stability and social order. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We shy away from confronting the cost that may be involved in preserving stability in our relationships. Times, Sunday Times Many workers struggled to preserve the sanctity of office life. Times,Sunday Times When such meetings were held in the nave, the gates of the screen would be closed to preserve the sanctity of the chancel from non-sacred meetings. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some argue for preserving the sanctity of the jury room. Times, Sunday Times The forbidding of foreigners from the site in the 19th century, for instance, was enacted to preserve the sanctity of the social and political order, rather than the religious order. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We don't have any rules for preserving the sanctity of the day, only the commitment that it be set apart for being, not using. Christianity Today The money and lobbyists are pouring in to do everything they can [to preserve the status quo]. Times, Sunday Times Those trying to preserve the status quo will argue that competition would threaten security of supply. Times, Sunday Times We are apathetic, favouring options that require no action or that preserve the status quo. Times, Sunday Times The right are deemed reactionary because they want to preserve the status quo. Times, Sunday Times The league would rightly be accused to conspiring to preserve the status quo. Times, Sunday Times Core biopsies, which preserve tissue architecture, should not be confused with fine needle aspiration specimens, which are analyzed using cytopathology techniques. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was keen on preserving tissue, rather than cutting it out. Times, Sunday Times These fixatives preserve tissues or cells mainly by irreversibly cross-linking proteins. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 With today's inflation rate at 0.7 per cent, most of its variable rate products do not pay enough even to preserve value in real terms. Times,Sunday Times These can facilitate quick sales, which tend to preserve value, but can disadvantage some creditors. Times, Sunday Times The opportunity was taken to change the arrangements to appoint administrators but in the context of seeking to promote the rescue culture and preserving value. Times, Sunday Times Benign neglect has proved a much better route to preserving value than the blizzard of initiatives that have done such harm to the rest of the group. Times, Sunday Times The parents may not be religious themselves - often they aren't - but they sense that faith schools preserve values, disciplines and habits of the heart that are elsewhere being lost. Times, Sunday Times To work, monetary union needs powers of tax and spending to be centralised rather than to remain the preserve of national governments. Times, Sunday Times Its complexities make it likely to remain the preserve of multinational technology giants. Times, Sunday Times The untapped pleasures of the ocean deeps won't remain the preserve of a rich elite for ever. Times, Sunday Times But they cannot enter the competition next season as it will remain the preserve of clubs in the last two league divisions. The Sun The auction room, he expects, will remain the preserve of the cash-rich. Times, Sunday Times In 1977, it was bequeathed to the state as a wildlife preserve; it was opened to the public in 2008. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The dragon has been fatally injured by a poacher who has breached the security of the wildlife preserve. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Beaches, tourist villages, and photo safaris through wildlife preserves are some of the main attractions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Several wildlife preserves have been set up around the lake. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The core zones are formed by several national parks and biotopes (wildlife preserves), in which no human settlement, logging, or extraction of resources are allowed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 维护, 保藏 Japanese: 維持する, 保存する |
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