rescue

英 ['reskjuː] 美['rɛskju]
  • vt. 营救;援救
  • n. 营救;援救;解救

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词态变化


复数: rescues;第三人称单数: rescues;过去式: rescued;过去分词: rescued;现在分词: rescuing;名词: rescuer;

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发音想成“来施救”

中文词源


rescue 营救,救援

来自古法语 rescurre,营救,解救,来自拉丁语 re-,表强调,excutere,摇出,来自 ex-,向外,-cut, 摇,晃动,词源同 discuss,percussion.

英文词源


rescue
rescue: see quash
rescue (n.)
late 14c., from rescue (v.). Earlier noun was rescous (early 14c.), from Old French rescous.
rescue (v.)
c. 1300, from stem of Old French rescorre "protect, keep safe; free, deliver" (Modern French recourre), from re-, intensive prefix (see re-), + escourre "to cast off, discharge," from Latin excutere "to shake off, drive away," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + -cutere, combining form of quatere "to shake" (see quash). Related: Rescued; rescuing.

双语例句


1. Lights clipped onto life jackets improve the chances of rescue.
别在救生衣上的灯提高了获救可能性。

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2. The air rescue operation has now been scaled down.
空中救援行动的规模现在已经有所缩小。

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3. Paramilitary police units are taking part in rescue efforts.
准军事警察部队正在参与营救行动。

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4. Rescue workers are digging through the rubble in search of other victims.
救援人员正在废墟中挖掘,以搜寻其他受害者。

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5. Rescue crews had scoured an area of 30 square miles.
救援人员已经搜遍了30平方英里的范围。

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