reserve是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. /v. 保存; 预定，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。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《格兰特船长的女儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "Oh, my dear Paganel, you must stay with the reserve corps," replied the Major.
-- They were puzzled by the reserve of a man generally so talkative; on this occasion they had to drag the words out of his mouth; usually he was a ready story-teller, now he gave only evasive answers to the questions of the rest.
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《白痴》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But in such a case, no matter how many are present, all prefer to keep silence: no one will take the initiative, but all reserve their comments till afterwards.
在荷马的《伊利亚特》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- All the best of them were being worn out by the great weight of their armour, but the two valiant heroes, Thra-symedes and Antilochus, had not yet heard of the death of Patroclus, and believed him to be still alive and leading the van against the Trojans; they were keeping themselves in reserve against the death or rout of their own comrades, for so Nestor had ordered when he sent them from the ships into battle.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《隐形人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- They heard the chink of money, and realised that the robber had found the housekeeping reserve of gold two pounds ten in half sovereigns altogether.
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：
-- exclaimed the two companions of the scout, who had continued until this part of the dialogue, seated im-movable, and apparently indifferent to what passed, but who now sprang to their feet with an activity and interest that had evidently got the better of their reserve by sur-prise.
-- Heyward would have ventured a remonstrance had there been anything encouraging in the gloomy reserve of Magua.
-- Like their neighbors, they had fol- lowed Montcalm into the territories of the English crown, and were making heavy and serious inroads on the hunt- ing-grounds of the Mohawks; though they had seen fit, with the mysterious reserve so common among the natives, to withhold their assistance at the moment when it was most required.
在威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆的《月亮和六便士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Poor pantaloon, he was not an object to excite love, but the smile in her eyes was affectionate, and it was possible that her reserve concealed a very deep feeling.
-- Her reserve was not without mystery.
-- But I thought that was perhaps no more than a natural reserve accentuated by the verbose frankness of her husband.
-- I remembered also how I had always fancied that her reserve concealed I knew not what; but now I saw in it more than the desire to hide a shameful secret.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《神秘岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "Better to put things at the worst at first," replied the engineer, "and reserve the best for a surprise."
-- The settlers had here an abundant reserve of aquatic game.
-- Cyrus Harding still recommended them to husband the ammunition, and he took measures to replace the powder and shot which had been found in the box, and which he wished to reserve for the future.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- They had not gone very far, when the child was again struck by the altered behaviour of Mr Thomas Codlin, who instead of plodding on sulkily by himself as he had heretofore done, kept close to her, and when he had an opportunity of looking at her unseen by his companion, warned her by certain wry faces and jerks of the head not to put any trust in Short, but to reserve all confidences for Codlin.
在罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森的《金银岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I remembered what Silver had said about the current that sets northward along the whole west coast of Treasure Island, and seeing from my position that I was already under its influence, I preferred to leave Haulbowline Head behind me and reserve my strength for an attempt to land upon the kindlier-looking Cape of the Woods.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "Master is right," replied Conseil; "and I propose to reserve three places in our vessel, one for fruits, the other for vegetables, and the third for the venison, of which I have not yet seen the smallest specimen."
-- So I shall content myself with drawing from the reserve of sodium I already possess.
-- And time will one day justify Maury's other opinion, that these substances thus accumulated for ages will become petrified by the action of the water and will then form inexhaustible coal-mines a precious reserve prepared by far-seeing Nature for the moment when men shall have exhausted the mines of continents.
-- It was a useful reserve to us, for in the shape of salt butter or cheese it would form an agreeable variety from our ordinary food.
-- According to the daily custom on board the Nautilus, its air should have been renewed four hours ago; but I did not suffer much, although Captain Nemo had not yet made any demand upon his reserve of oxygen.
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- There was a certain hostility, a hidden ultimate reserve in him, cold and inaccessible.
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Here was reserve itself done into a box-office clerk, a doorman, and an assistant, glorying in their fine positions.
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