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reservation

/rez-er-vey-shuhn/US // ˌrɛz ərˈveɪ ʃən //UK // (ˌrɛzəˈveɪʃən) //

保留,保留意见,预订,预约

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of keeping back, withholding, or setting apart.
    • : the act of making an exception or qualification.
    • : an exception or qualification made expressly or tacitly: to accept something, but with inner reservations.
    • : a tract of public land set apart for a special purpose, as for the use of an Indian tribe.
    • : an arrangement to secure accommodations at a restaurant or hotel, on a boat or plane, etc.
    • : the record kept or assurance given of such an arrangement: Sorry, the hotel has no reservation under that name.

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Examples

  • They nixed the trains that usually ferry people to the fruit trees, established a one-way path through the rows, and set up a reservation system with caps on the number of pickers per hour.

  • Restaurant reservations are suddenly hard to come by, as we’ve come to learn.

  • It’s a platform to help others without reservation or condition, and ironically, the one who benefits most is the one doing it.

  • When I talked with the Times reporter, I shared my reservations about pretend empathy and then went online to give the chatbot a chance.

  • Just a few months ago, Tribal governments and leaders in North Dakota were in a legal battle with the state over the passage of oppressive voter-identification laws that placed undue hardships on many Native residents living on reservations.

  • The Reservation is sovereign Indian land, and the grizzly is a sacred animal to these tribes.

  • The dinner guests are all customers who booked a dinner reservation through a new startup company called EatWith.

  • The great devotions, harsh realities, and racial tensions of reservation-edge basketball make for a riveting tale.

  • Here, he is telling me how basketball came to the Wind River Reservation.

  • Back in June, President Obama made his first visit to an Indian reservation, and he was just the third sitting president to do so.

  • At any rate, whatsoever that curious reservation meant, the majority of the staff were opposed to surrender.

  • All that a man could offer, who did not wish to be suspected of rank cowardice, he offered without reservation.

  • Plenty Buffalo gave little more information as the car swayed along the road that led off the reservation.

  • Another ten miles, on the sweep of the road toward the reservation, and the automobile was sighted.

  • Lowell had treated Fire Bear leniently—too leniently most of the white men near the reservation had considered.