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  • Conjugation : past  rescued ; ing  rescuing
  • Derivatives : n  rescuer ; adj  rescuable
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

rescue ['rεskjuː]
  1. 1. noun [c/u] 营救
  2. 2. vt. 解救
    to go/come to sb's rescue
    前往/来营救某人
    to rescue sb from sth
    从某事中解救某人

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

rescue [ˈreskjuː]
  1. 1. vt. 援救拯救
  2. 2. vt. [Law] 强行夺回(被扣押的人或物)
  3. 3. n.[c] 解救营救
  4. 4. n.[c] [Law] 强行夺回

Collins English-English Dictionary

rescue ['rεskjuː]
  1. 1. vt. [tr] to bring (someone or something) out of danger, attack, harm, etc; deliver or save
  2. 2. vt. to free (a person) from legal custody by force
  3. 3. vt. [law] to seize (goods or property) by force
  4. 4. n the act or an instance of rescuing
  5. 5. n (as modifier)
    a rescue party
  6. 6. n the forcible removal of a person from legal custody
  7. 7. n [law] the forcible seizure of goods or property
  8. 8. n [Etymology] C14: rescowen, from Old French rescourre, from re- + escourre to pull away, from Latin excutere to shake off, from quatere to shake

Examples

Within minutes of the tornado happening, an emergency rescue team left the station to help.
龙卷风来袭仅几分钟,一支紧急救援队就离开兵站前去救援。
The fireman forced the door open to rescue the baby.
消防员强行破门,救出了婴儿。
Astronauts will make a final attempt to rescue the satellite.
宇航员将做出最后的努力抢救卫星。
to rescue sb from sth
从某事中解救某人
A column of soldiers was sent to rescue the people from the flood.
一个分队被派去营救困在洪水中的人。
The princess was confined to a castle waiting for a price's rescue.
公主被关在城堡里,等待着王子来救她。
He won merits of the leaders for his heroic deeds in the sea rescue.
他因在海洋搜救中的英勇表现赢得了领导的褒奖。
He stayed three months beneath the ruins before the rescue team found him.
他在废墟下坚持了三个月才被救援队找到。
Reports have indicated he shot the man in an attempt to rescue a woman in distress.
报告显示,他朝那个男人开枪是想救一个遇险的女人。

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