新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

salvage

英 [ˈsælvɪdʒ]

[NOUN, VERB]

词汇频率：

NOUN. 名词

1. [U 不可数名词] （对沉船或被毁楼房中财物的）抢救
Salvage is the act of salvaging things from somewhere such as a damaged ship or building.
双语例句
例：
The salvage operation went on.
抢救作业继续进行。
2. [U 不可数名词] （从沉船或被毁楼房中）抢救出的财物
The salvage from somewhere such as a damaged ship or building is the things that are saved from it.
双语例句
例：
They climbed up on the rock with their salvage.
他们带着抢救出来的财物爬到了礁石上。

VERB. 动词

salvages , salvaging , salvaged
1. [T 及物动词] 抢救（沉船或被毁楼房中的财物）
If something is salvaged, someone manages to save it, for example, from a ship that has sunk, or from a building that has been damaged.
双语例句
例：
The team's first task was to decide what equipment could be salvaged.
该队的首要任务是决定要抢救出什么设备。
2. [T 及物动词] 挽救（败局）
If you manage to salvage a difficult situation, you manage to get something useful from it so that it is not a complete failure.
双语例句
例：
Officials tried to salvage the situation.
官员们努力挽救这个局面。
3. [T 及物动词] 挽回（自尊、声誉等）
If you salvage something such as your pride or your reputation, you manage to keep it even though it seems likely you will lose it, or you get it back after losing it.
双语例句
例：
We definitely wanted to salvage some pride for American tennis.
我们当然想为美国网球挽回些尊严。

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