saving1
  
  
	      			KK: [ˈsеvɪŋ]
	      			DJ: [ˈsеiviŋ]
  
    a.
    
      - 救助的,挽救的
 
      - 節儉的,節省的
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Old-fashioned housewives were usually very 
saving.
舊時的家庭主婦通常都很節儉。
 
      - 【律】保留的,例外的
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      - 補償的,補救的
 
    
    n.
    
      - 救助,挽救[U]
 
      - 節儉,節約[U][C]
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The discount gave me a 
saving of $25.
這個折扣使我節約了二十五美元。
 
      - 儲金,存款,儲蓄額[P]
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She lived on her 
savings.
她靠存款過日子。
 
    
    
      - save的動詞現在分詞、動名詞
 
    
   
  參見
  
    save1
    vt.
    
      - 救,挽救[(+from)]
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He 
saved me from drowning.
他救了我,使我免遭溺斃。
The doctor 
saved the child's life.
這位醫生挽救了孩子的生命。
 
      - 節省,省去;避免[O1][(+from)]
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The computer will 
save us a lot of time.
電腦將使我們省下許多時間。
These robots will 
save us a lot of labor.
這些機器人可以節省我們大量勞工。
 
      - 儲蓄;儲存[(+for)]
 
      - 保留[O1][(+for)]
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He promised to 
save a room for me.
他答應給我留個房間。
 
      - 維護,保全
 
      - 救(球),阻礙對方得(分)
 
    
    vi.
    
      - 儲蓄;積蓄[(+up/for)]
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We've been 
saving for five years to buy a house.
為了買房子,我們已儲蓄了五年。
 
      - 節省,節約
 
      - 救,挽救
 
    
   
  片語
  
    Saving is getting.
    
      - 節約等於增加收入。
 
    
   
 
  
    
saving2
  
  
	      			KK: [ˈsеvɪŋ]
	      			DJ: [ˈsеiviŋ]
  
    prep.【罕】
    
      - 除……外
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Nothing remains 
saving these ruins.
除了這些廢墟什麼也不剩。
 
      - 顧到,尊重
 
    
    conj.【罕】
    
      - 除了
 
    
   
 
  n.
   - an economy of or reduction in money, time, etc.
 - 
(savings)
 money saved, especially through a bank or official scheme.
 - Law  a reservation; an exception.
 
adj.
 
[
in combination]
 preventing waste of a particular resource:
 an energy-saving light bulb.
prep.
  - except.
 - archaic with due respect to.
 
 
  Etymology
  ME: from save1; the preposition prob. from save2, on the pattern of touching.