英语词汇“salvage”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

salvagesalvage1 /ˈsælvɪdʒ/ verb [transitive]

VERB TABLE

salvage

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	salvage
	he, she, it	salvages
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	salvaged
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have salvaged
	he, she, it	has salvaged
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had salvaged
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will salvage
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have salvaged

Continuous Form
Present	I	am salvaging
	he, she, it	is salvaging
	you, we, they	are salvaging
Past	I, he, she, it	was salvaging
	you, we, they	were salvaging
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been salvaging
	he, she, it	has been salvaging
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been salvaging
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be salvaging
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been salvaging

COLLOCATIONS► salvage his reputation

He fought to salvage his reputation (=do something so that he would not lose people’s respect).

1to save something from a situation in which other things have already been damaged, destroyed, or lost: salvage something from something They stood clutching the possessions they had salvaged from their homes.2to make sure that something is not lost completely or does not completely fail, when it is in a bad situation: Can the peace process be salvaged? He fought to salvage his reputation (=do something so that he would not lose people’s respect).

verb | noun

salvagesalvage2 noun [uncountable]

ETYMOLOGYsalvage²

Origin: 1600-1700 French Old French salver; ➔ SAVE¹

1the act of saving things from a situation in which other things have already been damaged, destroyed, or lost: a salvage operation2things that have been saved in this way: We found the statue in a local salvage yard.