reserve
英 [rɪˈzɜːv]
美 [rɪˈzɜːrv]
v.
保留;预留;预订;占据;暂不作;把…专门留给;弥撒仪式后保留部分圣餐
n.
储量;土著人居留地;专用地;矜持;拘谨;防染本色区;自然保护区;准备金;预备队
复数: reserves
第三人称单数: reserves
现在分词: reserving
过去式: reserved
过去分词: reserved
英文释义:
1. to ask for a seat, table, room, etc. to be available for you or somebody else at a future time
要求座位、桌子、房间等。在未来的某个时间可以为你或其他人所用
2. to keep something for somebody/something, so that it cannot be used by any other person or for any other reason
为某人/某物保留某物,使其不能被任何其他人或任何其他原因使用
3. reserve something to have or keep a particular power
保留某物以拥有或保持某种特殊的权力
举个例子:
1.We have enormous reserves of oil still waiting to be tapped.
我们有巨大的石油矿藏在等待开发。
2.It took my last reserves of strength and will to swim to the lifeboat.
我用尽了最后的力气和意志向救生艇游去。
3.A great future is reserved for you.
光明的前程在等待着你。
4.Part of the sum was reserved for fringes.
这笔款子中有一部分留作福利金。
常用短语:
federal reserve (美国)联邦储备系统
nature reserve n. 自然保护区
in reserve 备用的;留下的
without reserve 无保留地
natural reserve 自然保护区
reserve currency 储备货币
foreign exchange reserve n. 外汇储备
reserve bank (美国)联邦储备银行(等于Federal 储备银行(指保管其他银行储备金的中央银行);Reserve Bank)
reserve fund 准备基金
reserve ratio [经]法定准备金比率
reserve for 为…而保留
oil reserve 储油量
federal reserve board (美国)联邦储备金监察小组
federal reserve bank (美)联邦储备银行
reserve capacity 备用容量;备用能力;储备功率
reserve a room 预订房间
deposit reserve ratio 存款准备金率
reserve requirement 准备金要求;准备金的规定
federal reserve system (美)联邦准备制度
reserve base 储量基础,备用基地
词汇拓展:
近义词
n. propriety, properness, correctitude, accumulation, athlete, jock, indefinite quantity
v. withhold, keep back, assign, allot, portion, request, bespeak
解析
keep 最常用词,指长时间牢固地保持或保存。
retain 指继续保持。
reserve 正式用词,指为了将来的用途或其他用途而保存、保留。
preserve 主要指为防止损害、变质等而保存。
conserve 一般指保存自然资源,保全人的精力、力量等。
withhold 指扣住不放,暗示有阻碍。
联想词
reserves储量;reservation预定;withdraw撤消;