今日問題

⊙save除了節省還有什麼意思⊙

save作為一個基礎詞彙，相信大家都知道常見意思，但是你知道save除了“節省”還有“除了”的意思嗎？（禁止套娃）。

1.save prep.除...以外

except

▷She answered all the questions save one.

除了一個問題，她都回答了。

▷Little is known about his early life, save that he had a brother.

除了知道有個兄弟以外，他對自己的早期生活幾乎一無所知。

2. save vt. 幫助避免做...

to help someone by making it unnecessary for them to do something that they do not want to

▷If you lent me 5 dollars, it would save me a trip to the bank.

如果你能借我五英鎊，我就不用去銀行了

▷I'll take the shopping home in the car to save you from carrying it.

我會把買的東西放在車裡帶回家，免得你用手拿著。

3.save sb's skin/neck/bacon 幫助某人逃脫困境

to help someone to escape from an extremely difficult or dangerous situation

▷He lied in court to save his own skin.

他為了自保在法庭上撒了謊。

4. saving grace 彌補不足的可取之處

the one good thing that makes someone or something acceptable

▷His sense of humour was his only saving grace.

他的幽默感是他唯一的可取之處。

5. save one's breath 【口語】用不著白費口舌

used to tell someone that it is not worth saying anything, because nothing they say will make any difference to the situation

▷I tried to explain, but she told me to save my breath.

我想解釋，但她讓我不要白費口舌。

6. save n.[足球守門員的]救球

an action in which a player in a game such as football prevents the other team from scoring

▷ Martin made a brilliant save from Nichol's shot.

馬丁做了個精彩的救球動作，擋住了尼科爾的射門。

vt.阻止對方得分

prevent an opponent from scoring

▷The powerful Geman saved three match points.

強大的德國隊阻擊了三個賽點。