英语词汇“conserve”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

conserveconserve1 /kənˈsɚv/ ●○○ verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYconserve¹

Origin: 1300-1400 Old French conserver, from Latin conservare, from com- + servare to keep, guard

VERB TABLE

conserve

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	conserve
	he, she, it	conserves
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	conserved
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have conserved
	he, she, it	has conserved
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had conserved
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will conserve
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have conserved

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

1to use as little water, energy, etc. as possible so that it is not wasted: Try and rest frequently to conserve your energy. Everyone needs to make efforts to conserve water.2to protect something and prevent it from changing or being damaged: We have to conserve our forests for future generations. [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French conserver, from Latin conservare, from com- + servare to keep, guard]