preservation

名词 n.
/ˌpɹɛz.əˈveɪ.ʃən/    /ˌpɹɛz.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/|/ˌpɹez.əˈvæɪ.ʃən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of preserving; care to preserve; act of keeping from destruction, decay or any ill. countable,uncountable
    — Every seneseless thing by nature's light Doth preservation seek, destruction shun
  2. The state of being preserved, how something has survived. countable,uncountable
    — The canoe is of pure black oak, and is in excellent preservation.

词形变化

preservations plural

词源

From Old French preservacion, from Medieval Latin preservatio. Morphologically preserve + -ation.
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