conserve

1. conservation organization 动物保护组织.

conserve 保护

con-, 强调。-serve, 照看，保护，词源同observe, 观察。

conserve

conserve: [14] Latin servāre meant ‘keep, preserve’ (it was not related to servus ‘slave’, source of English serve and servant). Among the compounds formed from it were praeservāre ‘guard in advance’ and, using the intensive prefix com-, conservāre. This passed into English via Old French conserver. Amongst its derivatives are conservation [14], conservative [14] (first used in the modern political sense by J Wilson Croker in 1830), and conservatory [16] (whose French original, conservatoire, was reborrowed in the 18th century in the sense ‘musical academy’).
=> observe, preserve, reserve

conserve (v.)

late 14c., from Old French conserver (9c.), from Latin conservare "to keep, preserve, keep intact, guard," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + servare "keep watch, maintain" (see observe). Related: Conserved; conserving. As a noun (often conserves) from late 14c.

1. The republic's factories have closed for the weekend to conserve energy.

为了节约能源，该共和国的工厂周末不开工。

2. They had to conserve the candles now with winter upon them.

冬天眼看就要到了，他们不得不把蜡烛省着用。

3. Help to conserve energy by insulating your home.

对房屋做隔热处理来帮助节约能源。

4. He writes on both sides of the sheet to conserve paper.

他在纸张的两面都写字以节省用纸.

5. Conserve your energy, you'll need it!

保存你的精力, 你会用得着的!

【conserve, store, save, maintain, preserve】
这组词都有“保存，储藏”的意思，其区别是：
conserve: 较正式用词，指小心地使用难以补充的资源或贵重物，免遭浪费或毁坏，以备不时之需。
store: 普通用词，指将物品存放，以备将来使用。
save: 普通用词，指尽量少用，以争取数量上有所增加。
maintain: 指保持原样，不增不减
preserve: 侧重将物品完好无损地保存下来。

【conserve, reserve, retain, withhold, preserve, keep】
这组词都有“保持，保存”的意思，其区别是：
conserve: 一般指保存自然资源，保全人的精力、力量等。
reserve: 正式用词，指为了将来的用途或其他用途而保存、保留。
retain: 指继续保持。
withhold: 指扣住不放，暗示有阻碍。
preserve: 主要指为防止损害、变质等而保存。
keep: 最常用词，指长时间牢固地保持或保存。