核心畫面

One way to hold it: something set aside and held back for a particular use. A table nobody else may take; a piece of your agreement you are keeping back rather than giving; a stretch of land marked off and kept for one group of people or for wild animals. The four uses are the same act — keeping something apart — done to different things.

可以想成把一樣東西留起來、保留給特定用途:一張別人不能坐的桌子;你同意時保留下來、沒有交出去的那一部分;一片被劃出來更多收起可以想成把一樣東西留起來、保留給特定用途:一張別人不能坐的桌子;你同意時保留下來、沒有交出去的那一部分;一片被劃出來、留給某一群人或野生動物的土地。這四個用法其實是同一個動作——「把它留著」——只是留的東西不同。

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保留起來的同意

留下來的換成你的態度:你大致同意,但心裡有一塊沒有交出去。

doubt · noun · B1

A doubt that stops you agreeing with a plan or idea completely.

保留意見

劃出來保留的土地

留下來的換成一整片土地:畫出界線,保留給特定的人或動物使用。

Native American land · noun · B1

In the US, land set apart as a home for a Native American people.

保留地

Also in this word

booking · noun · B1

An arrangement you make so that a hotel room, restaurant table, plane seat, etc. is kept for you at a later time.

預訂

原始詞典資料10 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

reservationnoun/ˌɹɛz.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/

  • 1

    The act of reserving, withholding or keeping back.

    • The committee authorised the reservation of funds.
  • 2

    The act of reserving, withholding or keeping back.

  • 3

    The act of reserving, withholding or keeping back.

  • 4

    Something that is withheld or kept back.

  • 5

    A limiting qualification regarding certainty or risk; a doubt or concern.

    • I have reservations about your intentions.
    • I have some reservations about cosigning a loan for him.
  • 6

    A tract of land set apart by the US government for the use of a Native American people, such as the Hopi Reservation or the Navajo Nation's territory.

  • 7

    An arrangement by which accommodation or transport arrangements are secured in advance.

    • I have a hotel reservation in the name of Mr Smith.
    • I haven't booked, so I don't have a clue as to whether the service will be busy or not. Supposedly, reservations are compulsory, but I want to find out what would happen if you just turn up.
  • 8

    The area which separates opposing lanes of traffic on a divided motorway or dual carriageway.

    • A vehicle crashed through the central reservation into the path of oncoming traffic.
    • A three-lane motorway can be up to (or even more than) 35 metres wide, with a hard shoulder on either side and a central reservation.
另外 2 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    The setting aside of a certain percentage of vacancies in government institutions for members of backward and underrepresented communities (defined primarily by caste and tribe).

  • 10

    governmentlawpoliticsA power of an overseeing authority to suspend legislation in the jurisdiction being overseen pending the approval of a higher authority. Such as a provincial/state governor reserving a bill passed by the state/provincial legislature from assent, pending approval of the federal government; or a federal bill passed by federal parliament being reserved by the viceroy pending approval by the crown.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。