save
save 常與 for 搭配,意思是「為誰保留」、「為了什麼東西而存錢」
保留
- Can you save a seat for me?(你可以幫我留個位子嗎?)
- for 這邊是替我/代勞
- Save a piece of pie for me!(留一塊派給我!)
save 拯救
- The vet tried to save the dying dog.(獸醫試著拯救那隻垂死「快要死掉」的狗。)
- save a life
- The emergency flight to the capital saved the patient’s life. (那班飛往首都的緊急專機拯救了病人的性命。)
- Captain Jack saved the crew.(傑克船長拯救了船員)
save 人 from something (拯救某人…免於、避開)
有時候 save 後面會接 from 或直接接抽象名詞,用來表示「免於、避開」:
- save someone from danger(把某人從危險中救出來)
Save the day 拯救局面(拯救了這一天)
- You know she always saves the day in the end!你知道她最后总能挽救局面!
- In the end, the hero saved the day. 最后,英雄挽救了局面。
- I wonder which hero will save the day in the next movie!我想知道下一部电影里哪位英雄会力挽狂澜!
- Which hero will save the day?(哪位英雄會拯救危機?)
save 存錢
- save money
- Do you have any tips on how to save money?你有沒有關於怎麼存錢的訣竅?
- tips for saving money(存錢的方法)
- He is saving for a new laptop.(他正在為買一台新筆電存錢。)
savingS(名詞) 存款積蓄
savings,作為名詞要加S
- I used my savings to buy a laptop.*(我用我的積蓄買了一台筆電。)
for saving(為了省錢 / 存錢)
作為動名詞,不用加S,因為是動作變名詞
- I put money in the bank for saving.(我把錢存進銀行。)
save 節省時間、節省麻煩、節省力氣
- Can you imagine how much time this will save us? 你能想像這會為我們省下多少時間嗎?
save + [人] + [時間/金錢/麻煩]
- This app will save you a lot of time.(這個 App 會幫你省下很多時間。)
- Let’s take a shortcut to save us some energy.(我們走捷徑來省點力氣吧。)
- This shortcut will save us ten minutes. (這條捷徑會幫我們省下十分鐘。)
- Booking online will save us the trouble of waiting in line.(線上預訂可以省去我們排隊的麻煩。)
save + [時間/金錢/麻煩]
- save time(省時間)
- save money(省錢)
- save trouble(省去麻煩)
save 存檔
- save a file
- Please save your progress before ending the gaming session. (在結束遊戲時段之前,請先儲存你的進度。)
- The file didn’t save properly, so I had to start again.檔案沒有存好,所以我被迫得從頭來過。