water. M 7 —7 BH #'^ H A 7jc
7 W 7 A & 0 0 He’s trying to save their marriage. 0
She needs to win the next two games to save the match.
H7 cm, o Thanks for
doing that. You saved my
life
(= helped me a lot). $fi£f
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MONEY A 2 ~ (sth) (up) (for
sth) to
keep money instead
of spending it,
especially in order to buy a particular thing fit H; : [V] I’m not very good at saving. f£7
A
% ft H o 0 I’m saving for a new
bike.
Miff
§ fr^o <> We’ve been saving up to go to
%, o
m you should
save a little each week. 0 I’ve
saved almost £100 so far. Jg 7 B fi jf 7 It A ^ 100^
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COLLECT STH ijH. 3 [VN] to collect sth
because you like it
or for a special purpose
itftH; I’ve been saving
theatre programmes for years.
0
If you save ten tokens you can get a
T-shirt.
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KEEP FOR FUTURE g#
4
~ sth (for sth/sb) to keep sth to
use or enjoy in the
future j§ ; • [VN, VNN] Save
some food for me. H A R£ 0
0 Save me some food.
0 [VN] He’s saving his strength for the
last part of the race, f
A o o Well eat some now
and save some for tomorrow.
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NOT WASTE 7itfc 5 ~ (sth) on sth |
~ sth (on sth) to
avoid wasting sth or using
more than necessary 7 A; AAA [VN] We71 take a cab to save time, ,
£F
A it flf [WJ o o Book early and save
£50! A.AiTII, "SJ it 50 O We should try to save water. #}
0
The government is trying to save £1 million on defence. l00jm®o o[VNN]
If we go this way it will save us two hours on the
trip,
#p Ml W M M7 MJHJ ft fto O [V] I save
on
fares by walking to work. f£Aft±$E,
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AVOID STH BAD .1,7 7 -Jt 6 to avoid doing sth
difficult or unpleasant; to make sb able to avoid doing sth difficult or
unpleasant jg&, &j# ( ft ffi Xt ^ 7 It
^ ) : [VN] The prize
money saved her from having to find a job. 0
She
did it herself to save
argument.
M g B Af$7, IM&AX AitA 0 [VNN] Thanks for sending that letter for
me—it
saved me a trip. &\i^T " £!*$*&
-®§0
O [V -ing] He’s grown a beard to save shaving. ^®7$7, it$##S!lJ&. 0 [VN -ing] If you phone for an
appointment, it’ll save you waiting. #n^%iS0[£A ifoWt
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IN SPORT 'AWiszit) 7 (in football (soccer), hockey, etc.
A.
fjc , H 7 ^f)
to prevent an opponent’s shot from going in the goal ) : [V] The goalie
saved brilliantly from
Johnson’s long-range shot. rf f J M
0 [VN] to save a penalty
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COMPUTING ij WAJl^A 8 to make a computer
keep
work, for example by
putting it on a disk f£#; fjlk: [VN] Save data frequently. [also V]
not be able to do sth
to .save your 'life [informal) to be completely unable to do sth A; 777
7 ^ ^tM$ 7 7 S 7 : He can’t interview people to save his life. W fife
(ft #, ffe tfe % W A 7 A» save sb’s bacon/' neck (informal) to rescue sb from a
very difficult situation $#$^AH!J!ftilJi save the day/situ- ' at ion to prevent failure or
defeat, when this seems certain to happen
your 'breath (informal) used to tell sb that
it is not worth wasting time and effort saying sth because it will not change
anything if : Save your breath— you’ll never persuade her. 7^1 6 f? P "S'7 ——- if77Mo save your (own)
skin/'hide/'neck to try to avoid death, punishment, etc.,
especially by leaving others in an extremely difficult situation ( A fa 7 If fi
MAAffiiM ) To
save his own skin, he lied
and blamed the accident on his friend.
mnoun (in
football, etc. ^) an action by the goalkeeper that
stops a goal being scored (AH M (ft )
Jjc:
He made a spectacular save. jMI7fs$(lftzftf£7A0X.
a
prep, (also
save
for) (old use or formal) except sth ^ 7 ; 17 - • ■ 7 : They knew nothing about her
save her name. |&£7*h,
■
conj. (old use or formal) except [7 7 : They found out nothing
more save that she had borne a child. jMTKSi:
SYNONYMS
save
budget ♦ economize ♦
tighten your belt ♦ scrimp
These
words all mean to keep money instead of spending it.
save to keep money instead
of spending it, often in order to buy a particular thing A 7 fA MW I’m saving for a new car.
TcIESBISlAffi
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budget to be careful about
the amount of money you spend; to plan to spend an amount of money for a
particular purpose JjtilflWfcgL If
we
budget carefully we’ll be
able to afford the trip. ffcjQff
economize to use less money,
time, etc. than you normally use jtr 7 A, 7 ^, 7 tighten your belt (rather informal)
to spend less money because there is less available RtTijf]: With the price
increases, we are all having to tighten our belts, fh FtKAh/t,
®To
scrimp (rather informal)
to spend very little money on the things that you need to live, especially so
that you can save it to spend on sth else 1th A7#0t7AI$f #, A \Aik#j:
They scrimped and saved to give the children a good education.
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PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS
►
to have to save/budget/economize/tighten
our belts
►
to try to/manage to save/budget/economize
►
to save up/budget for sth
►
to economize/scrimp on sth
sav-eloy /'saevoloi/ noun [C, U] [BrE) a
type of sausage made from pork that is sold cooked and ready to
eat
wmm.mm ()
saver /'served)/ noun 1 a person who saves
money and puts it in a bank, etc. for future use MA; A 2 (often in compounds
fftl,|['nii) something that helps you spend less money or use less of the thing
mentioned A a money/time saver / it — see also lifesaver
Savile
Row /.saevl
‘rao; NAmE ‘rou/ noun a street in London, England with many shops/stores
that sell expensive clothes for men that are often specially made for each
person iPmfcffi, mm ( if, )
: He was wearing
a Savile Row suit. sav ing 0"W /’servir)/ noun
1
[C] an amount of sth such as time or money
that you
do not need to use or
spend "A ^ $); A it; 7 ^: Buy three and make a saving of 55p. AAiA 55 ff[
±
„ o With the new boiler you can make big
savings on fuel bills.
2
savings [pi.] money that you
have saved, especially in
a bank, etc. MfUfk', He put all his savings into
buying a boat. o I opened a