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reserves

/ri-zurv/US // rɪˈzɜrv //UK // (rɪˈzɜːv) //

储备金,储量,储备,准备金

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
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    re·served, re·serv·ing.

    • : to keep back or save for future use, disposal, treatment, etc.
    • : to retain or secure by express stipulation.
    • : to set apart for a particular use, purpose, service, etc.: ground reserved for gardening.
    • : to keep for oneself.
    • : to retain of a surface, as on a painted ceramic piece.
    • : to save or set aside to be administered, as to the sick, outside of the Mass or communion service.
n.名词 noun
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    • : Finance. cash, or assets readily convertible into cash, held aside, as by a corporation, bank, state or national government, etc., to meet expected or unexpected demands.uninvested cash held to comply with legal requirements.
    • : something kept or stored for use or need; stock: a reserve of food.
    • : a resource not normally called upon but available if needed.
    • : a tract of public land set apart for a special purpose: a forest reserve.
    • : an act of reserving; reservation, exception, or qualification: I will do what you ask, but with one reserve.
    • : Military. a fraction of a military force held in readiness to sustain the attack or defense made by the rest of the force.the part of a country's fighting force not in active service.reserves, the enrolled but not regular components of the U.S. Army.
    • : formality and self-restraint in manner and relationship; avoidance of familiarity or intimacy with others: to conduct oneself with reserve.
    • : reticence or silence.
adj.形容词 adjective
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    • : kept in reserve; forming a reserve: a reserve fund; a reserve supply.
    • : of or relating to the animal awarded second place in livestock shows: the reserve champion steer.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nouncoolness of manner

Examples

  • As far as logistics, we reserve two hours in calendars but we try to hit 90 minutes.

  • The difference, Nesbitt said, was that this time the city reserved more than 1,000 of the 2,500 appointments for patients who called to sign up.

  • In communities with large reserves of social capital, people trust their institutions and their neighbors.

  • The company will likely begin by allowing a limited number of employees to reserve office space if desired.

  • Chairlift grazing not only reserves more time for skiing but also can keep you energized throughout the day.

  • We reserve the right to any legal action to prevent new pranks of the kind.

  • Stone, according to Marine officials, served eight years in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve.

  • The actor and police enthusiast reportedly wants to be a reserve officer.

  • Some prisons reserve the dayroom or common area for weddings.

  • Thank you, Federal Reserve for printing all that money for the past half dozen years.

  • In sorting notes it is necessary to be able readily to distinguish between notes of this bank and notes of other reserve banks.

  • The dormant accounts most of the banks maintain with the reserve bank are, perhaps, indicative of their attitude toward it.

  • At the reserve bank they may borrow as a standing right and not as a favor which may be cut off.

  • She never realized that the reserve of her own character had much, perhaps everything, to do with this.

  • Customers will do things in the name of the Federal Reserve System which they have never done before.