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:
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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.
