reserve是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to keep something for a particular purpose or time -- 把…專門留給；把…留作；保留

  • I reserve Mondays for tidying my desk and answering letters. 我把週一的時間留出來專門清理辦公桌和回覆信件。

  • These seats are reserved for the elderly and women with babies. 這些座位是專留給老人和抱小孩的婦女的。

  • I reserve judgment on this issue (= I won't give an opinion on it now) until we have more information. 在我們得到更多的資訊之前，我暫不對此事發表意見。

  • I reserved a double room at the Lamb Hotel. 我在蘭姆飯店預訂了一間雙人房。

  • [ + two objects ] If you get there early, reserve me a seat/reserve a seat for me. 如果你先到那裡，給我預訂個座位。

• 1 the habit of not showing your feelings or thoughts -- 拘謹；矜持；內向

  • I took her out for a drink and tried to break through her reserve. 我帶她出去喝了杯酒，想消除她的拘謹。

• 2 the act of keeping something or a supply of something until it is needed, or a supply that you keep -- 貯藏（物）；儲備（物）；備用（物）

  • She keeps a little money in reserve (= for use if and when needed). 她留下了一些錢以備不時之需。

  • The librarian has put the book on reserve for me (= will keep it for me when it becomes available). 圖書管理員已經替我預約了這本書。

  • We still have a reserve of food/food reserves in case of emergency. 我們仍然還有儲備糧／糧食儲備以應付緊急情況。

• 3 an area of land kept in its natural state, especially for wild animals to live in and be protected -- （尤指保護野生動物生存的）自然保護區，禁獵區，保護區

  • a nature/game/wildlife reserve 自然保護區／禁獵區／野生動物保護區

• 4 in sports, an extra player who is ready to play if needed -- 替補隊員

  • We had two reserves in case anyone was injured. 我們有兩名替補隊員，以防有人在場上受傷。

  • Frank was a prolific scorer for the reserves before he graduated to the first team. 在加入首選陣容之前，法蘭克在後備隊比賽中進了許多球。

• 5 a group of people who are not permanently in the armed forces but are used only if needed -- 後備軍；後備部隊

  • They will call up the reserves. 他們將召集後備軍。

• 6 a feeling of doubt about someone or something -- 保留態度；保留意見

  • I can recommend him to you without reserve. 我可以毫無保留地向您推薦他。

• 7 the lowest amount of money the owners will accept for something being sold, especially at auction (= public sale) -- （尤指拍賣中買方定的）底價，保留價格，最低價

  • A rare Stradivarius violin failed to reach its reserve price (= no one offered to pay it) when put up for auction on Tuesday. 星期二的拍賣會上，對一把稀有的斯特拉迪瓦裡製造的小提琴的出價沒能達到其拍賣底價。

  • We set/put a reserve of €500 on the picture. 我們為這幅畫定的底價為500歐元。