save是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为v. 救， 拯救； 储蓄， 贮存； 节省，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：
-- 'More candid, more exact, more honest, more honourable, and ... although I may show you my weak side, I challenge you all; you atheists, for instance!How are you going to save the world?
-- How are you going to save it, I say?
在荷马的《伊利亚特》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Therefore, Patroclus, bring her and give her to them, but let them be witnesses by the blessed gods, by mortal men, and by the fierceness of Agamemnon's anger, that if ever again there be need of me to save the people from ruin, they shall seek and they shall not find.
-- Chromis, and Ennomus the augur, led the Mysians, but his skill in augury availed not to save him from destruction, for he fell by the hand of the fleet descendant of Aeacus in the river, where he slew others also of the Trojans.
-- He came into the fight with gold about him, like a girl; fool that he was, his gold was of no avail to save him, for he fell in the river by the hand of the fleet descendant of Aeacus, and Achilles bore away his gold.
-- The Cadmeans were incensed at his success, and set a force of fifty youths with two captains the godlike hero Maeon, son of Haemon, and Polyphontes, son of Autophonus at their head, to lie in wait for him on his return journey; but Tydeus slew every man of them, save only Maeon, whom he let go in obedience to heaven's omens.
-- Diana herself had taught him how to kill every kind of wild creature that is bred in mountain forests, but nei-ther she nor his famed skill in archery could now save him, for the spear of Menelaus struck him in the back as he was flying; it struck him between the shoulders and went right through his chest, so that he fell headlong and his armour rang rattling round him.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《隐形人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- When she returned the room was silent again, save for the faint crepitation of his chair and the occasional clink of a bottle.
-- Abruptly he whipped down the bread and cheese, and Mr. Hall just grasped the knife on the table in time to save it.
-- His feet, save for socks of irregular open-work, were bare, his big toes were broad, and pricked like the ears of a watchful dog.
-- The down was desolate, east and west, north and south; the road with its shallow ditches and white bordering stakes, ran smooth and empty north and south, and, save for that peewit, the blue sky was empty too.
-- He was astonished to see the lane empty save for three men sprawling absurdly on the ground.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《人魔岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- This man, it seemed to me, had come out of Immensity merely to save my life.
-- The rivulet was hidden by the luxuriant vegetation of the banks save at one point, where I caught a triangular patch of its glittering water.
-- They were naked, save for swathings of scarlet cloth about the middle; and their skins were of a dull pinkish-drab colour, such as I had seen in no savages before.
-- I thought at first it was fancy, for whenever I stopped there was silence, save for the eve-ning breeze in the tree-tops.
-- Silence, save for the whisper of the morning breeze.
在拉迪亚德·吉卜林的《丛林故事》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- All he said was: 'Look well, O Wolves!What have the Free People to do with the orders of any save the Free People?
-- That will at least save the Pack three lives.
-- More I cannot do; but if ye will, I can save ye the shame that comes of killing a brother against whom there is no fault a brother spoken for and bought into the Pack according to the Law of the Jungle.'
-- 'Save Akela from the death.
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：
-- If you would save these tender blossoms from the fangs of the worst of serpents, gentle-man, you have neither time to lose nor resolution to throw away!'
-- He has the religion of the matter, in believing what is to happen will happen; and with such a consolation, it won't be long afore he submits to the ra-tionality of killing a four-footed beast to save the lives of human men.
-- Its death will save the creature many a sore back and weary foot!'
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