| 单词 | saving |
| 释义 | saving (once / 172 pages) 1nadj 2adj WORD FAMILY saving: savingly, savings+/save: saved, saver, saves, saving, savior/saved: unsaved/saver: savers/savior: saviors USAGE EXAMPLESIt also captures hundreds of billions in savings by slowing the rate of growth in certain Medicare payments. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Without a sustainable budget solution, the annual Permanent Fund dividend soon will disappear, as will our savings accounts. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The special savings account gets 30 percent of the state’s oil tax collections. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n recovery or preservation from loss or danger a surgeon's job is the saving of lives Syn|Hypo|Hyper deliverance, delivery, rescue lifesaving saving the lives of drowning persons redemption, salvation(theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil reclamation, reformationrescuing from error and returning to a rightful course salvagethe act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire salvagethe act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction salvationsaving someone or something from harm or from an unpleasant situation search and rescue missiona rescue mission to search for survivors and to rescue them absolution, remission, remission of sin, remittalthe act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance conversion, rebirth, spiritual rebirtha spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life atonement, expiation, propitiationthe act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity) recovery, retrieval the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost) 2n the activity of protecting something from loss or danger Syn|Hypo|Hyper preservation environmentalism the activity of protecting the environment from pollution or destruction conservationthe preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources self-preservationpreservation of yourself from harm; a natural or instinctive tendency reservationthe act of keeping back or setting aside for some future occasion immobilisation, immobilizationfixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing conservancythe official conservation of trees and soil and rivers etc. soil conservationprotection of soil against erosion or deterioration oil conservationthe conservation of petroleum resources water conservationthe conservation of water resources protection the activity of protecting someone or something 3n an act of economizing; reduction in cost there was a saving of 50 cents Syn|Hypo|Hyper economy curtailment, downsizing, retrenchment the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable economy of scalethe saving in cost of production that is due to mass production action something done (usually as opposed to something said) 4adj characterized by thriftiness 2"wealthy by inheritance but saving by constitution"- Ellen Glasgow Syn thrifty careful and diligent in the use of resources adj bringing about salvation or redemption from sin saving faith Syn redeeming, redemptive good morally admirable |
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