preserve [prɪ'ˈzɜː:rv]

v.贮鲜，保鲜；保存；保护

n.独揽之事，独占的活动

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英文释义

v

1 to keep a particular quality, feature, etc; to make sure that someting is kept

2 to keep something in its orginal最初的 state状态 in good condition

3 to prevent预防，阻止 something, especially food, from decaying腐烂，颓坏 by treating处理 it in a particular way

4 to keep somebody/something alive, or safe from harm or danger

n

1 an activity, a job, an interest, etc. that is thought to be suitable for one particular person or group of people

2 a type of jam果酱 made by boiling煮沸的 fruit with a large amount of sugar

3 a type of pickle泡菜 made by cooking vegetables with salt or vinegar醋

4 an area of private私人的 land or water where animals and fish are kept for people to hunt打猎

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图文例句

Food can be preserved for days in the fridge. 食物能在冰柜里保鲜好几天。

You can preserve food by putting it into the refrigerator /rɪˈ'frɪdʒəreɪtər/ 冰箱，冷藏库.                                                                  你可以把食物放进冰箱保鲜。

This mosquito /mə'ˈskiːtoʊ/ 蚊子 will be preserved for thousands of years! 这只蚊子能够保存上千年！

It's our duty to preserve our environment together. 齐心协力保护环境是我们的责任。

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在写作当中如何表示某个群体独享的事物呢？有些同学可能会用only belong to / only enjoyed by  / only...have access to之类的表达。

• 其实有个非常基础的词汇就可以表示这个意思：preserve。preserve的本义为保护；保护区，也就是只有部分人可以进去。

衍生词就是某个群体独享的事物(an activity that is only suitable or allowed for a particular group of people)。the/a preserve of sb就是某个群体独享的事物。是个非常正式的写作表达。比如下面这篇文章：

It is often assumed that 人们通常认为 the poor are relaxed about surrendering放弃；投降 some privacy in return for 作为..的报答 access to borrowing贷款 and other services. In fact, concern about privacy is not a preserve of the rich. 

人们通常认为，穷人不介意为了获得贷款和其他服务而放弃一些隐私。事实上，对于隐私的担忧不再只是富人的。

In fact, concern about privacy is not a preserve of the rich.

事实上，对于隐私的担忧不再只是富人的。

再比如，高等教育如今已经不再是少数人享有的产品了，我们就可以说：

Higher education is no longer the preserve of the privileged /'prɪvəlɪdʒd/享有的特权 few.