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词汇 reserve
释义 reserve
verb[ T ]
uk /rɪˈzɜːv/ us /rɪˈzɝːv/
B1
to keep something for a particular purpose or time: 把…专门留给;把…留作;保留
I reserve Mondays for tidying my desk and answering letters.我把周一的时间留出来专门清理办公桌和回复信件。
These seats are reserved for the elderly and women with babies.这些座位是专留给老人和抱小孩的妇女的。
I reserve judgment on this issue (= I won't give an opinion on it now) until we have more information.在我们得到更多的信息之前,我暂不对此事发表意见。
B1
If you reserve something such as a seat on an aircraft or a table at a restaurant, you arrange for it to be kept for your use: 预订;预约
I reserved a double room at the Lamb Hotel.我在兰姆酒店预订了一个双人房。
[ + two objects ]If you get there early, reserve me a seat/reserve a seat for me.如果你先到那儿,给我预订个座位。
I'm awfully sorry, but we've forgotten to reserve you a table.实在抱歉,我们忘记为您预订餐桌了。
Could I reserve two seats for tomorrow evening's performance?
I've come to collect my tickets - I reserved them by phone yesterday in the name of Tremin.
"Had you forgotten about our anniversary?" "Certainly not! I've reserved a table at Michel's restaurant for this evening."“你是不是把我们的结婚纪念日给忘了?”“当然没有!我已经在米歇尔餐厅预订了今晚的桌位。”
The worst of her criticism was reserved for journalists, photographers and others of their ilk.她批评得最严厉的是记者、摄影师以及诸如此类的人。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Keeping and storing things
appropriate
bank
bogart
buffer
capacitance
cling
dump
husband
keep (something/someone) back
kept
lay something aside
lay something down
lodge
squirrel something away
standby
stash
stockpile
stockpiling
trap
tuck

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Making bookings & reservations
reserve
noun
uk /rɪˈzɜːv/ us /rɪˈzɝːv/

reservenoun (SHY BEHAVIOUR)


[ U ]
the habit of not showing your feelings or thoughts: 拘谨;矜持;内向
I took her out for a drink and tried to break through her reserve.我带她出去喝了杯酒,想消除她的拘谨。
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Not being friendly
abrasive
abrasively
abrasiveness
abruptly
abruptness
aloof
estrangement
estrangement from someone
flintily
forbidding
forbiddingly
gruff
offhandedness
offish
remote
remoteness
reserved
saturnine
wintry
with friends like you, who needs enemies?idiom

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Not showing or feeling emotions

reservenoun (KEEPING)


C2[ C or U ]
the act of keeping something or a supply of something until it is needed, or a supply that you keep: 贮藏(物);储备(物);备用(物)
She keeps a little money in reserve (= for use if and when needed).她留下了一些钱以备不时之需。
The librarian has put the book on reserve for me (= will keep it for me when it becomes available).图书管理员已经替我预约了这本书。
We still have a reserve of food/food reserves in case of emergency.我们仍然还有储备粮/粮食储备以应付紧急情况。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Keeping and storing things
appropriate
bank
bogart
buffer
capacitance
cling
dump
husband
keep (something/someone) back
kept
lay something aside
lay something down
lodge
squirrel something away
standby
stash
stockpile
stockpiling
trap
tuck

reservenoun (SUPPLY)


[ plural ]
a supply of something such as money or fuel that you are not using, but that is available if you need it:
Government reserves include a £1.3 billion "rainy day" fund set aside for emergencies.
Cash reserves on June 30 stood at about £950 million, giving them some protection against future shocks.
Maybe, when the Earth's oil reserves finally run dry, we'll all get back on our bikes.
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Interest & capital
annualized
APR
bank rate
base rate
capital intensive
coffer
compound
concessional
finance
interest rate
interest-bearing
lending rate
money
non-derivative
Premium Bond
simple interest
sinking fund
stock
the purse stringsidiom
working capital

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Giving, providing and supplying

reservenoun (AREA OF LAND)


B2[ C ](alsoreservation); (US alsopreserve)
an area of land kept in its natural state, especially for wild animals to live in and be protected: (尤指保护野生动物生存的)自然保护区,禁猎区,保护区
a nature/game/wildlife reserve自然保护区/禁猎区/野生动物保护区
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Zoology: zoos & wildlife reserves
AONB
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
conservancy
conservation area
ecologically
game reserve
national park
nature reserve
preserve
ranger station
reservation
safari park
sanctuary
SSSI
sustainability
sustainable
wildlife corridor
zoo
zookeeper
zoological garden

reservenoun (EXTRA PERSON)


[ C ]
in sports, an extra player who is ready to play if needed: 替补队员
We had two reserves in case anyone was injured.我们有两名替补队员,以防有人在场上受伤。
 the reserves[ plural ]
a football team consisting of players who are not in the first team, but who play in a league against reserve teams from other clubs: 后备队员
Frank was a prolific scorer for the reserves before he graduated to the first team. 在加入首选阵容之前,弗兰克在后备队比赛中进了许多球。
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Competitors & participants in sports & games
anchorman
attacker
back four
baller
ballplayer
challenger
competitor
jumper
logroller
long-jumper
longboarder
major league
mid-table
opponent
retire
torero
toxophilite
traceur
trampolinist
trialist

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Replacing and exchanging
 the reserves[ plural ]
a group of people who are not permanently in the armed forces but are used only if needed: 后备军;后备部队
call up the reservesThey will call up the reserves.他们将召集后备军。

reservenoun (DOUBT)


[ U ]formal
a feeling of doubt about someone or something: 保留态度;保留意见
I can recommend him to you without reserve.我可以毫无保留地向您推荐他。
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Suspecting & questioning
ask questions of someone/somethingidiom
challenge
challengingly
cynic
cynical about someone/something
cynically
cynicism
doubt
interrogate
query
reservation
sceptic
sceptical
sceptically
scepticism
skeptical
skeptically
suspect
suspected
suspiciously

reservenoun (LOWEST PRICE)


[ Cusually singular ](alsoreserve price)
the lowest amount of money the owners will accept for something being sold, especially at auction (= public sale): (尤指拍卖中买方定的)底价,保留价格,最低价
A rare Stradivarius violin failed to reach its reserve price (= no one offered to pay it) when put up for auction on Tuesday.星期二的拍卖会上,对一把稀有的斯特拉迪瓦里制造的小提琴的出价没能达到其拍卖底价。
We set/put a reserve of €500 on the picture.我们为这幅画定的底价为500欧元。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Costs & expenses
admission charge
aliment
all in
at cost
at someone's expense
bank charges
outgo
outlay
overrun
palimony
price point
pricing
redress
remittance
RPI
spend
ticket
transfer fee
tune
upkeep

reserve | American Dictionary


reserve
verb[ I/T ]
us/rɪˈzɜrv/
to keep something for a particular purpose or time:
[ T ]He reserved the right to veto any future plans.
If you reserve something such as a table in a restaurant or a room in a hotel, you arrange for it to be kept for your use at a later time:
[ I ]It’s a popular restaurant, and you’ll have to reserve well in advance.
[ T ]I’m sorry, this seat is reserved.
reserve
noun[ C/U ]
us/rɪˈzɜrv/
something kept for a particular purpose or time, or the state of being kept for future use by someone:
[ C ]I have a reserve of food in case of emergency.
[ U ]The book is on reserve and can’t be checked out.
She keeps a little money in reserve (= for use if and when needed).
A reserve (also (alsopreserve)) is also an area of land kept for the protection of animals and plants:
[ C ]a nature/game reserve
The reserves are a part of a country’s armed forces that are not always on active duty but are available in an emergency.

reserve | Business English


reserve
verb[ T ]
uk /rɪˈzɜːv/us
to keep something for a particular purpose or time:
reserve sth for sb/sthThe plan would reserve $1 billion for "long-term capacity improvements".
COMMERCE
to arrange for something to be kept for you, for example, a seat on an aircraft or a table at a restaurant:
He's reserved a table for 8pm.
 reserve the right to do sth
to state, especially in a written agreement, that you may change something in the future:
I reserve the right to disagree to any future changes in the company structure.
 reserve judgement
to not decide on something immediately:
I thought I'd reserve judgement until he'd finished his presentation.
reserve
noun
uk /rɪˈzɜːv/us
[ C ]
a supply of something that you have available to use if you need to:
You will need a reasonable reserve of cash to start the process.
coal/oil/fuel reserves
 in reserve
kept in order to use later if needed:
They do not have money in reserve like many of the bigger companies.
Land should be kept in reserve at the airport for a second runway which could be built by the mid-2020s.
[ C ] COMMERCE (alsoreserve price)
the lowest amount of money that the owner will accept for something that is being sold, especially at an auction:
I set the reserve price at $50 in the hope that it would sell for much more.
 reserves[ plural ]
BANKING, FINANCE
the amount of foreign currency or gold that a central bank has at a particular time:
It has around 8bn dollars in foreign currency reserves.
No country has limitless reserves of gold.
ACCOUNTING
money kept by a company for a particular use, for example, a future project or emergency:
use/dip into reservesIt became necessary for the company to dip into its reserves.
cash/money reserves
See also
bank reserves
capitalization of reserves
cash reserves
foreign exchange reserves
hidden reserves
legal reserves
proven reserves

Examples of reserve


reserve
The reserve includes 640 ha of lowland tropical rain forest surrounded by a mosaic of disturbed habitats and secondary forest.
It deserves the welcome which students reserve for a really important contribution to literary criticism.
Here, and below, we reserve to range over ground types.
The increased incidence of systemic disease, plus a reduced physiological reserve, increases the risk of more serious consequences from bleeding.
This is to stretch their normal usage a bit: 'preference' is usually reserved for comparative attitudes, preferring something over something else.
The following sections of the paper seek to specify the principal dimensions of reserve among older people and the groups that are most vulnerable.
The dimensions of reserve, challenges and compensation are discussed, with emphasis on demographic and other influences on the availability of family and social support.
In particular, a series of fines were instituted for a range of prohibited activities within reserved forest areas.
Otherwise, for its risk-averse nonmoving clientele, the bank will always prefer cash reserves over storage; the latter will then never be used in equilibrium.
In contrast, the term ' elderly ' is normally reserved for people aged 65 and over.
Almost every acre of land has been utilized, rationally planned and arranged or frozen into a nature reserve.
Similar conflicts arose with respect to mountain areas gazetted as forest reserves.
Other professionals (nurses and medical physicists) held a reserved view in delegating their tasks to radiographers, even after accredited clinical training.
Now at least 20 % of the land is reserved for war veterans, who have first choice of plots.
There was a close season for breeding and there were also four reserves where seals were fully protected.
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Collocations withreserve


reserve

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adequate reserve
Then, what is an adequatereserve?
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ample reserve
The maximum penalties prescribed by law are heavy, and the courts, have an ample reserve of power to deal with the most serious cases.
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army reserve
They are not in any sense an armyreserve have.
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