saving1
  
  
	      			KK: [ˈsеvɪŋ]
	      			DJ: [ˈsеiviŋ]
  
    a.
    
      - 救助的,挽救的
- 節儉的,節省的![]() 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![]() 
- 補償的,補救的
n.
    
      - 救助,挽救[U]
- 節儉,節約[U][C]![]() 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]![]() She lived on her  savings. 她靠存款過日子。 
      - save的動詞現在分詞、動名詞
 
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    save1
    vt.
    
      - 救,挽救[(+from)]![]() 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)]![]() 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)]![]() 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)]![]() 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![]() 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.
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(savings)
 money saved, especially through a bank or official scheme.
- Law  a reservation; an exception.
adj.
 
[
in combination]
 preventing waste of a particular resource:
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 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.