preserve是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为vt. 保护, 保存，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《白痴》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'And, well, Heaven preserve him, of course but Evgenie gets his money, don't you see?
-- This marvellous beauty they strive to preserve even in His moments of deepest ag-ony and passion.
-- 'If you wished to preserve your good name, why did you not give up your your 'guardian,' Totski, without all that theatrical posturing?'
在拉迪亚德·吉卜林的《丛林故事》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- We must preserve appearances, my dear.'
在詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库柏的《最后的摩根战士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'Even your traditions make the case in my favor, Ch-ingachgook,' he said, speaking in the tongue which was known to all the natives who formerly inhabited the coun-try between the Hudson and the Potomac, and of which we shall give a free translation for the benefit of the reader; endeavoring, at the same time, to preserve some of the pe-culiarities, both of the individual and of the language.
-- To all this the captive made no reply; but was content to preserve an attitude in which dignity was singularly blended with disdain.
-- The scout, who had left David at the door, to ascertain they were not observed, thought it prudent to preserve his disguise until assured of their pri-vacy.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《神秘岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The fire was lighted, and it was easy to preserve some embers.
-- The skins had then to be stretched on a frame of wood and sewn by means of fibers so as to preserve the air without allowing too much to escape.
-- Cyrus Harding had taken precautions against this contingency, so as to preserve as much as possible the forge and furnace which were established there.
-- A seat in the stern, a second seat in the middle to preserve the equilibrium, a third seat in the bows, rowlocks for the two oars, a scull to steer with, completed the little craft, which was twelve feet long, and did not weigh more than two hundred pounds.
-- They were then mere castaways, not even knowing how they should preserve their miserable lives from the fury of the elements!And now, thanks to the knowledge of their captain, and their own intelligence, they were regular colonists, furnished with arms, tools, and instruments; they had been able to turn to their profit the animals, plants, and minerals of the island, that is to say, the three kingdoms of Nature.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It was a great point too that Kit himself was flattered by the sensation he created, and after several efforts to preserve his gravity, burst into a loud roar, and so stood with his mouth wide open and his eyes nearly shut, laughing violently.
-- Mr Swiveller swayed himself to and fro to preserve his balance, and, looking into a kind of haze which seemed to surround him, at last perceived two eyes dimly twinkling through the mist, which he observed after a short time were in the neighbourhood of a nose and mouth.
-- Not knowing what she meant to do, but meaning to preserve him or be killed herself, she staggered forward and looked in.
-- The good woman, being not a little embarrassed by the novelty of her situation, and certain material apprehensions that perhaps by this time little Jacob, or the baby, or both, had fallen into the fire, or tumbled down stairs, or had been squeezed behind doors, or had scalded their windpipes in endeavouring to allay their thirst at the spouts of tea-kettles, preserved an uneasy silence; and meeting from the window the eyes of turnpike-men, omnibus-drivers, and others, felt in the new dignity of her position like a mourner at a funeral, who, not being greatly afflicted by the loss of the departed, recognizes his every-day acquaintance from the window of the mourning coach, but is constrained to preserve a decent solemnity, and the appearance of being indifferent to all external objects.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《复活》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- When he was chaste, and wished to preserve his chastity till marriage, his relatives were anxious about his health, and his mother, so far from being mortified, rather rejoiced when she learned that he had become a real man, and had enticed the French mistress of some friend of his.
-- Having talked as much and as meaninglessly as it was necessary to preserve the decorum, Nekhludoff arose and went over to Maslenikoff.
-- The only aim of the courts is to preserve the existing state of things, and for this reason they persecute and kill all those who are above the common level and who wish to raise it as well as those who are below it."
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《时间机器》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "Then I tried to preserve myself from the horror that was coming upon me, by regarding it as a rigorous punishment of human selfishness.
在罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森的《金银岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The maroon had connived at his escape in a shore boat some hours ago, and he now assured us he had only done so to preserve our lives, which would certainly have been forfeit if "that man with the one leg had stayed aboard."
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Here is a preserve of sea-cucumber, which a Malay would declare to be unrivalled in the world; here is a cream, of which the milk has been furnished by the cetacea, and the sugar by the great fucus of the North Sea; and, lastly, permit me to offer you some preserve of anemones, which is equal to that of the most delicious fruits."
-- "To overrun these deep regions where man has never trod!Look, Captain, look at these magnificent rocks, these uninhabited grottoes, these lowest receptacles of the globe, where life is no longer possible!What unknown sights are here!Why should we be unable to preserve a remembrance of them?"
-- Conseil, more prudent or more steady, did not stumble, and helped me up, saying:"If, sir, you would have the kindness to take wider steps, you would preserve your equilibrium better."
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