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salvage

noun
🔊/ˈsælvɪdʒ/
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 [uncountable]
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  1. the act of saving things that have been, or are likely to be, damaged or lost, especially in a disaster or an accident（对财物等的）抢救
    • the salvage of the wrecked tanker对失事油轮的打捞
    • a salvage company/operation/team打捞公司；营救行动；抢救队
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  2. the things that are saved from a disaster or an accident抢救出的财物
    • an exhibition of the salvage from the wreck沉船打捞物品展览
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    3. Word Originmid 17th cent. (as a noun denoting payment for saving a ship or its cargo): from French, from medieval Latin salvagium, from Latin salvare ‘to save’. The verb dates from the late 19th cent.

salvage

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they salvage
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he / she / it salvages
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past simple salvaged
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past participle salvaged
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-ing form salvaging
🔊/ˈsælvɪdʒɪŋ/
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  1. to save a badly damaged ship, etc. from being lost completely; to save parts or property from a damaged ship or from a fire, etc.打捞，营救（失事船舶等）；抢救（失事船舶、火灾等中的财物）
    • salvage something The wreck was salvaged by a team from the RAF.失事船只被英国皇家空军救援小组打捞起来了。🔊🔊
    • The house was built using salvaged materials.这栋房子是用回收的废旧材料建成的。🔊🔊
    • salvage something from something We only managed to salvage two paintings from the fire.我们只从火灾中抢救出两幅画。🔊🔊
  2. salvage something to manage to rescue something from a difficult situation; to stop a bad situation from being a complete failure挽救；挽回
    • What can I do to salvage my reputation? (= get a good reputation again)我怎样才能挽回我的名声呢？🔊🔊
    • He wondered what he could do to salvage the situation.他不知道怎样才能挽救这个局面。🔊🔊
    • United lost 5–2, salvaging a little pride with two late goals.联队以 2:5 失利，只靠后来两粒进球挽回了一点面子。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • Ministers are now trying to salvage the peace deal.部长们现在正在努力挽救和平协议。
    • Perhaps something can be salvaged from all this mess.也许可以从所有这些混乱中挽救一些东西。
    • making a desperate attempt to salvage something from the wreck of their marriage拼命试图从婚姻的残骸中救出一些东西
    3. Word Originmid 17th cent. (as a noun denoting payment for saving a ship or its cargo): from French, from medieval Latin salvagium, from Latin salvare ‘to save’. The verb dates from the late 19th cent.