中英互译
preservation
英 /ˌprezəˈveɪʃ(ə)n/美 /ˌprezərˈveɪʃ(ə)n/
基本释义
- n.保护，维护；保留，维持；（食物的）保存，保藏；保存的状况，保养的程度
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词语例句
保护，维护un.
六级四级Our ultimate goal must be the preservation of the environment.
我们的最终目的必须是环境保护。
A ten-year-long fight against plans to build a huge office building over Grand Central in 1968 helped create the modern preservation movement.
1968年，为阻止铁路公司拆除大中央车站以兴建办公大楼，民众掀起了一项长达十年的“保护现代建筑”的抗议活动。
Aggression is a kind of innate survival mechanism, an instinct for self preservation, that allows animals to defend themselves from threats to their existence.
攻击性是一种天生的生存机制，一种自我保护的本能，使动物能够保护自己不受生存威胁。
保留，维持un.
The central issue in the strike was the preservation of jobs.
罢工的核心问题是工作职位的保留。
（食物的）保存，保藏un.
It is essential to popularize this method of food preservation.
普及这种食品保藏方法至关重要。
保存的状况，保养的程度un.
The paintings were in an excellent state of preservation.
这些绘画保存得非常好。
- The paintings were in an excellent state of preservation.这些绘画保存得非常好。来自《牛津词典》
- The central issue in the strike was the preservation of jobs.罢工的核心问题是工作职位的保留。来自《牛津词典》
- The widow's gratitude for her preservation was outspoken.这位寡妇将保全自己的感激之情一吐为快。
相关短语
- digital preservation数位保存；数字化保藏；数字资源长期保存
- Food preservation食品保存；食物保藏；食物保存法
- Flower preservation永生花；鲜花维护
- Wood preservation木材保存；木材防腐
- chemical preservation化学保藏；化学防腐；化学保鲜；食品化学保藏
词语扩展
词义分布
保存
89.6%
保留
10.4%
英英释义
- n.the activity of protecting something from loss or danger
- n.the condition of being (well or ill) preserved
- n.a process that saves organic substances from decay
- n.an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change
词源
- preservation来自古法语preservacion, 来自中世纪拉丁语preservatio.
- preservation储藏，保存词根词缀： pre-前,先 + -serv-保持,留心 + -ation名词词尾
- preservation保护，维护，保存来自preserve,保护，保存。