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单词 reserve
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reserveverb [ T ]

uk/rɪˈzɜːv/us/rɪˈzɝːv/

B1 to keep something for a particular purpose or time:

I reserve Mondays for tidying my desk and answering letters.
These seats are reserved for the elderly and women with babies.
I reserve judgment on this issue (= I won't give an opinion on it now) until we have more information.

B1 If you reserve something such as a seat on an aircraft or a table at a restaurant, you arrange for it to be kept for your use:

I reserved a double room at the Lamb Hotel.
[ + two objects ] If you get there early, reserve me a seat/reserve a seat for me.

More examples

  • I'm awfully sorry, but we've forgotten to reserve you a table.
  • Could I reserve two seats for tomorrow evening's performance?
  • I've come to collect my tickets - I reserved them by phone yesterday in the name of Tremin.
  • "Had you forgotten about our anniversary?" "Certainly not! I've reserved a table at Michel's restaurant for this evening."
  • The worst of her criticism was reserved for journalists, photographers and others of their ilk.

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Keeping and storing things

  • appropriate
  • aside
  • bank
  • capture
  • cling
  • cling (on) to sth
  • dump
  • earmark
  • lay
  • lay sth in
  • maintain
  • pack sth away
  • pocket
  • put sth away
  • repository
  • stockpile
  • storage
  • store
  • store sth up
  • stow

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Making bookings & reservations

reservenoun

uk/rɪˈzɜːv/us/rɪˈzɝːv/

reserve noun (SHY BEHAVIOUR)

[ U ] the habit of not showing your feelings or thoughts:

I took her out for a drink and tried to break through her reserve.

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Not being friendly

  • (at) daggers drawn idiom
  • abrasive
  • antisocial
  • asocial
  • austere
  • estrange
  • estranged
  • forbidding
  • frostily
  • give sb the time of day idiom
  • hostile
  • icy
  • saturnine
  • sour
  • unsociable
  • unwelcoming
  • wintry
  • with friends like you, who needs enemies? idiom
  • withdraw
  • withdrawal

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Not showing or feeling emotions

reserve noun (KEEPING)

C2 [ C or U ] the act of keeping something or a supply of something until it is needed, or a supply that you keep:

She keeps a little money in reserve (= for use if and when needed).
The librarian has put the book on reserve for me (= will keep it for me when it becomes available).
We still have a reserve of food/food reserves in case of emergency.

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Keeping and storing things

  • appropriate
  • aside
  • bank
  • capture
  • cling
  • cling (on) to sth
  • dump
  • earmark
  • lay
  • lay sth in
  • maintain
  • pack sth away
  • pocket
  • put sth away
  • repository
  • stockpile
  • storage
  • store
  • store sth up
  • stow

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reserve noun (AREA OF LAND)

B2 [ C ] also reservation, US also preserve an area of land kept in its natural state, especially for wild animals to live in and be protected:

a nature/game/wildlife reserve

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Zoology: zoos & wildlife reserves

  • aquarium
  • conservancy
  • ecological
  • green
  • national park
  • nature reserve
  • petting zoo
  • preserve
  • ranger station
  • reservation
  • safari park
  • sanctuary
  • sustainable
  • zoo
  • zookeeper
  • zoological garden

reserve noun (EXTRA PERSON)

[ C ] in sports, an extra player who is ready to play if needed:

We had two reserves in case anyone was injured.
the reserves [ plural ]

a football team consisting of players who are not in the first team, but who play in a league against reserve teams from other clubs:

Frank was a prolific scorer for the reserves before he graduated to the first team.

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Competitors & participants in sports & games

  • back four
  • benchwarmer
  • boot boy
  • center forward
  • center half
  • defence
  • eleven
  • fielder
  • finisher
  • gymnast
  • outfield player
  • outside forward
  • phoenix club
  • playmaker
  • poacher
  • runner
  • scratch
  • sprint
  • underdog
  • winger

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Replacing and exchanging
the reserves [ plural ]

a group of people who are not permanently in the armed forces but are used only if needed:

They will call up the reserves.

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Parts of armies & groups of servicemen

  • artillery
  • bomb squad
  • command
  • commissariat
  • corps
  • division
  • divisional
  • general staff
  • guard of honour
  • infantry
  • military policeman
  • regiment
  • reinforcement
  • squad
  • ta
  • task force
  • the Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • the Marine Corps
  • the military police
  • the Territorial Army

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reserve noun (DOUBT)

[ U ] formal a feeling of doubt about someone or something:

I can recommend him to you without reserve.

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Suspecting & questioning

  • call
  • call into question idiom
  • cynic
  • dispute
  • doubter
  • I'd like to see... idiom
  • if
  • misgiving
  • niggle
  • question
  • reservation
  • sceptical
  • self-doubt
  • skeptic
  • skeptical
  • smell
  • smell a rat idiom
  • suspect
  • suspiciously
  • suss

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reserve noun (LOWEST PRICE)

[ C usually singular ] also reserve price the lowest amount of money the owners will accept for something being sold, especially at auction (= public sale):

A rare Stradivarius violin failed to reach its reserve price (= no one offered to pay it) when put up for auction on Tuesday.
We set/put a reserve of €500 on the picture.

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Costs & expenses

  • aliment
  • alimony
  • asking price
  • carrying charge
  • charge
  • compensation
  • corkage
  • cost an arm and a leg/a small fortune idiom
  • cost-of-living index
  • damage
  • dent
  • expense
  • flat rate
  • indirect cost
  • maintenance
  • price war
  • running costs
  • settlement
  • stoppage
  • worth

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reserveverb [ T ]

uk/rɪˈzɜːv/us

to keep something for a particular purpose or time:

reserve sth for sb/sth The plan would reserve $1 billion for "long-term capacity improvements".

COMMERCE to arrange for something to be kept for you, for example, a seat on an aircraft or a table at a restaurant:

He's reserved a table for 8pm.
reserve the right to do sth

to state, especially in a written agreement, that you may change something in the future:

I reserve the right to disagree to any future changes in the company structure.
reserve judgement

to not decide on something immediately:

I thought I'd reserve judgement until he'd finished his presentation.

reservenoun

uk/rɪˈzɜːv/us

[ C ] a supply of something that you have available to use if you need to:

You will need a reasonable reserve of cash to start the process.
coal/oil/fuel reserves
in reserve

kept in order to use later if needed:

They do not have money in reserve like many of the bigger companies.
Land should be kept in reserve at the airport for a second runway which could be built by the mid-2020s.

[ C ] also reserve price COMMERCE the lowest amount of money that the owner will accept for something that is being sold, especially at an auction:

I set the reserve price at $50 in the hope that it would sell for much more.
reserves [ plural ]

BANKING, FINANCE the amount of foreign currency or gold that a central bank has at a particular time:

It has around 8bn dollars in foreign currency reserves.
No country has limitless reserves of gold.

ACCOUNTING money kept by a company for a particular use, for example, a future project or emergency:

use/dip into reserves It became necessary for the company to dip into its reserves.
cash/money reserves
See also
bank reserves
capitalization of reserves
cash reserves
foreign exchange reserves
hidden reserves
legal reserves
proven reserves
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