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saviour

noun
🔊/ˈseɪvjə(r)/
🔊/ˈseɪvjər/
(US English savior)
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  1. [usually singular] a person who rescues somebody/something from a dangerous or difficult situation救助者；拯救者；救星
    • The new manager has been hailed as the saviour of the club.新任主教练被誉为俱乐部的救星。🔊🔊
    • He was hailed as the saviour of the nation.他被奉为该国的救星。
    • The people clearly saw her as their saviour.人们显然把她看成了救星。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • potential
    • would-be
    • personal
    • …
    verb + saviour/​savior
    • acclaim somebody as
    • hail somebody as
    • see somebody/​something as
    • …
    preposition
    • saviour of
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  2. the Saviour
     [singular] used in the Christian religion as another name for Jesus Christ救主，救世主（耶稣基督）
    3. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French sauveour, from ecclesiastical Latin salvator (translating Greek sōtēr), from late Latin salvare ‘to save’.