[VERB 动词]保持，维持（原状） If you preserve a situation or condition, you make sure that it remains as it is, and does not change or end.
[V n]
We will do everything to preserve peace.
我们会尽全力维持和平。
...an effort to fit in more students while preserving standards.
在保持原有教学水平的同时招收更多学生的努力
preservation
...the preservation of the status quo.
维持现状
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[VERB 动词]保护；保存；维护 If you preserve something, you take action to save it or protect it from damage or decay.
[V n]
[V-ed]
We need to preserve the forest...
我们需要保护森林。
Conservation is an issue which gets a lot of attention these days — whether it means preserving old buildings, or protecting the environment.
资源保护是目前备受关注的问题——不管它指的是对古建筑的保护，还是对环境的保护。
...perfectly preserved medieval houses.
保存完好的中世纪房屋
preservation
...the preservation of buildings of architectural or historic interest.
对在建筑学或历史上有重要意义的建筑物的保护
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[VERB 动词]保存，腌制（食物） If you preserve food, you treat it in order to prevent it from decaying so that you can store it for a long time.
[V n]
[V-ed]
I like to make puree, using only enough sugar to preserve the plums.
我喜欢做果泥，只需要用一点糖把李子腌一下。
...preserved ginger in syrup.
用糖浆腌制的姜
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[N-PLURAL 复数名词]蜜饯；果酱Preserves are foods such as jam that are made by cooking fruit with a large amount of sugar so that they can be stored for a long time.
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]专属工作；独占的活动领域 If you say that a job or activity is the preserve of a particular person or group of people, you mean that they are the only ones who take part in it.
[usu N of n]
The conduct of foreign policy is largely the preserve of the president...
外交政策事宜主要由总统专门负责。
With the menfolk away at war, women got their first crack at the male preserves of employment and sport.
由于男人们都去了战场，女人们第一次在男性专属的职业和运动中一展身手。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]保护区 A nature preserve is an area of land or water where animals are protected from hunters.
[usu supp N]
[AM 美]
...Pantanal, one of the world's great wildlife preserves.
潘塔纳尔，世界上最大的野生动物保护区之一
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pre·serve★/prɪˈzɜːv; NAmEprɪˈzɜːrv/
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preservepreservespreservedpreservingverb★1★preservesth to keep a particular quality, feature, etc; to make sure that sth is kept 保护；维护；保留◆He was anxious to preserve his reputation.他急于维护自己的名声。◆Efforts to preserve the peace have failed.维护和平的努力失败了。2★[often passive ]to keep sth in its original state in good condition 维持…的原状；保存；保养preservesth/sb ◆a perfectly preserved 14th century house保存完好的 14 世纪宅第◆( humorous) Is he really 60? He's remarkably well preserved.他真有 60 岁了吗？他真会保养啊。preservesth + adj. ◆This vase has been preserved intact.这个花瓶保存得完好无损。3★preservesth to prevent sth, especially food, from decaying by treating it in a particular way 贮存；保鲜◆olives preserved in brine盐水橄榄◆Wax polish preserves wood and leather.上光蜡可保护木材和皮革。4★preservesb/sth (from sth) to keep sb/sth alive, or safe from harm or danger 使继续存活；保护；保全SYN
save
◆The society was set up to preserve endangered species from extinction.成立这个协会是为了保护濒危物种不致灭绝。☞compare
conserve
v. (2 )noun1[singular ]preserve(of sb) an activity, a job, an interest, etc. that is thought to be suitable for one particular person or group of people （某人或群体活动、工作等的）专门领域◆Football is no longer the preserve of men.足球再也不是男人的专利了。◆in the days when nursing was a female preserve在护理工作为女性所专有的时代2[countable , usually plural, uncountable ]a type of jam made by boiling fruit with a large amount of sugar 果酱3[countable , usually plural, uncountable ]( especially BrE) a type of picklemade by cooking vegetables with salt or vinegar腌菜；泡菜4[countable ]( NAmE) =
reserve
(2 )5[countable ]an area of private land or water where animals and fish are kept for people to hunt 私人渔猎场（或保留地）pre·serve/prɪˈzɜːv; NAmEprɪˈzɜːrv/
1to save something or someone from being harmed or destroyed → preservation: We must encourage the planting of new trees and preserve our existing woodlands.► see thesaurus at
protect
2to make something continue without changing: the responsibility of the police to preserve the peace Norma tried to preserve a normal family life in difficult circumstances.3to store food for a long time after treating it so that it will not decay: black olives preserved in brine—preservable adjective—preserver noun [countable] →
well-preserved
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1[countable usually plural] a substance made from boiling fruit or vegetables with sugar, salt, or vinegar: homemade fruit preserves2[singular] an activity that is only suitable or allowed for a particular group of people: Banking used to be a male preserve.preserve of The civil service became the preserve of the educated middle class.3[countable] an area of land or water that is kept for private hunting or fishing
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[prɪˈzɜ:v]preserved, preserving, preserves
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preserved[3547] preserves[650] preserving[1224]
保护(42%)，保存(33%)，保持(23%)，禁猎区(1%)，蜜饯(1%)
n.保护区；禁猎地；加工成的食品
vt.保存；保护；维持；腌；禁猎
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