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preservation

/prez-er-vey-shuhn,/US // ˌprɛz ərˈveɪ ʃən, //

保存,保护,维护,保全

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act or process of keeping something in existence: The creation, stabilization, and preservation of quality long-term affordable housing is a critical step in maintaining a healthy community.
    • : the act or process of keeping something safe from damage or deterioration: The facilities include air-conditioned storage vaults for optimum preservation of the historic film archive.The natural growth of population continuously presents problems for the preservation of the environment.
    • : the process of preparing food or other perishables to resist spoilage or decomposition: Historic techniques of food preservation include drying, smoking, pickling, and salting.

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Examples

  • A Friday panel will examine how traditional historic preservation has often neglected important stories.

  • Anich is confident that the glow isn’t an artifact of preservation, because several of the examined squirrel species and the echidna pelts didn’t fluoresce.

  • While years and years of preservation have gone into keeping the 226-foot-long vessel alive out of its watery grave, iron and metal nails in the wood have already started acidifying and thereby destroying the wood.

  • She wrote the majority opinion in at least two cases — including one brought by a park preservation group against Barack Obama’s presidential center in Chicago — denying opponents standing in court.

  • Those two steps are crucial, because they lower the chance of dangerous microbes getting into your precious preserves.

  • But plans to build a hotel and tourist facilities over one-third of the village have raised local preservation concerns.

  • Without the community, the ultimate destiny of any preservation project, no matter how ambitious, will be short-lived.

  • As Yablon pointed out at the opening, some time capsules do not invite the public to submit their own artifacts for preservation.

  • By stimulating regions of the brain, the preservation of muscle activity and sensation can be confirmed.

  • Some were injected with chemicals or dosed in lime for better preservation.

  • In short, in a few minutes, he might have the safety of his father, and the preservation of Europe in his hand.

  • This is a very curious and remarkable set of instruments, very highly finished and in fine preservation.

  • They are now in general use as the best means of preservation against damage and a good resting place at all times.

  • Considering its age, it is in a wonderfully good state of preservation, the original roof still being intact.

  • His version adheres as closely to the original as is compatible with elegance and the preservation of metrical grace.