| 单词 | conserve |
| 释义 | conserve (once / 683 pages) 1v 2vn To conserve is to save or protect something, like money, or your energy on a long run. People are also encouraged to conserve energy by turning off lights and not cranking the air conditioner. Conserve is from the Latin for "to keep, preserve, guard" (conservare). Con means "together," so "together" we can "serve" the planet by not doing doughnuts in the wetlands on our jet skis. You can conserve the planet or a little something for yourself — you might conserve hot water so you can wash your hair later, or try to conserve your old bedroom when you go off to college (and your mom is ready for a home office). WORD FAMILYconserve: conservancy, conservation, conserved, conserves, conserving+/conservation: conservationist, conservations, conservativist/conservationist: conservationists USAGE EXAMPLESSome appear to be in good condition but were conserved using a 1940s process that is slowly degrading the documents housed in the temperature-controlled archives. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) It will conserve 45 separate wetlands encompassing 280 acres, over two miles of undeveloped shoreline, forest, and other areas. Washington Times(Dec 21, 2016) The scans laid bare efforts to conserve the altarpiece, and the handiwork of its original masters. New York Times(Dec 19, 2016) 1 1v keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction children must be taught to conserve our national heritage The museum curator conserved the ancient manuscripts Syn|Hypo|Hyper keep up, maintain, preserve embalm preserve a dead body plastinatepreserve (tissue) with plastics, as for teaching and research purposes hold the linehold the line on prices; keep the price of something constant mummifyremove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it keep look after; be the keeper of; have charge of 2v use cautiously and frugally conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper economise, economize, husband blow, squander, waste spend thoughtlessly; throw away blowspend lavishly or wastefully on retrench tighten one's belt; use resources carefully preserve, save to keep up and reserve for personal or special use 3v keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change 2Energy is conserved in this process Hyper hold, keep, maintain keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean" 1v preserve with sugar Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard Hyper keep, preserve prevent (food) from rotting 2n fruit preserved by cooking with sugar Syn|Hypo|Hyper conserves, preserve, preserves apple butter thick dark spicy puree of apples chowchowa Chinese preserve of mixed fruits and ginger jampreserve of crushed fruit lemon cheese, lemon curda conserve with a thick consistency; made with lemons and butter and eggs and sugar jellya preserve made of the jelled juice of fruit marmaladea preserve made of the pulp and rind of citrus fruits strawberry jam, strawberry preservesmade with strawberries apple jellyjelly made from apple juice grape jellyjelly made from grape juice orange marmalademarmalade made from oranges confiture preserved or candied fruit |
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