| 单词 | rescue |
| 释义 | rescue (once / 145 pages) vn When you rescue something, you save it from something bad — you come to the rescue. If Muffin, your kitten, is stuck in a tree, you can get out your ladder and climb up to rescue her. A rescue is a good thing, much appreciated by people (and kittens). If your house is in foreclosure, you'd be very grateful for the uncle who comes to your rescue by paying your mortgage. Whenever there's an earthquake or other disaster, rescue operations are quickly put in place to find survivors. You can use the word more casually, as in describing how you saunter over at a cocktail party and rescue your friend from a conversation with an insufferable bore. WORD FAMILYrescue: rescued, rescuer, rescues, rescuing+/rescuer: rescuers USAGE EXAMPLESShe prescribed oral steroids in addition to a rescue inhaler to calm my overactive airways, which helped. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Rescue crews met United Express Flight 6060 on the tarmac after authorities learned during the flight that the man was trapped with passengers’ luggage. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) By the time rescue crews arrived, the number of dolphins was up to 10. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1v free from harm or evil Syn|Hypo|Hyper deliver relieve, salvage, salve, save save from ruin, destruction, or harm reprieverelieve temporarily bring through, carry through, pull through, save bring into safety 2v take forcibly from legal custody rescue prisoners Hyper take take by force 3n recovery or preservation from loss or danger Syn|Hypo|Hyper deliverance, delivery, saving 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) |
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