1. 保持，維持（原狀）
    If you preserve a situation or condition, you make sure that it remains as it is, and does not change or end.

preserve

    e.g. We will do everything to preserve peace.
           我們會(huì)盡全力維持和平。
    e.g. ...an effort to fit in more students while preserving standards.
           在保持原有教學(xué)水平的同時(shí)招收更多學(xué)生的努力

2. 保護(hù)；保存；維護(hù)
    If you preserve something, you take action to save it or protect it from damage or decay.

    e.g. We need to preserve the forest...
           我們需要保護(hù)森林。
    e.g. Conservation is an issue which gets a lot of attention these days — whether it means preserving old buildings, or protecting the environment.
           資源保護(hù)是目前備受關(guān)注的問題——不管它指的是對(duì)古建筑的保護(hù)，還是對(duì)環(huán)境的保護(hù)。

3. 保存，腌制（食物）
    If you preserve food, you treat it in order to prevent it from decaying so that you can store it for a long time.

    e.g. I like to make puree, using only enough sugar to preserve the plums.
           我喜歡做果泥，只需要用一點(diǎn)糖把李子腌一下。
    e.g. ...preserved ginger in syrup.
           用糖漿腌制的姜

4. 蜜餞；果醬
    Preserves are foods such as jam that are made by cooking fruit with a large amount of sugar so that they can be stored for a long time.

preserve的近義詞

5. 專屬工作；獨(dú)占的活動(dòng)領(lǐng)域
    If you say that a job or activity is the preserve of a particular person or group of people, you mean that they are the only ones who take part in it.

    e.g. The conduct of foreign policy is largely the preserve of the president...
           外交政策事宜主要由總統(tǒng)專門負(fù)責(zé)。
    e.g. With the menfolk away at war, women got their first crack at the male preserves of employment and sport.
           由于男人們都去了戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)，女人們第一次在男性專屬的職業(yè)和運(yùn)動(dòng)中一展身手。

6. 保護(hù)區(qū)
    A nature preserve is an area of land or water where animals are protected from hunters.

    e.g. ...Pantanal, one of the world's great wildlife preserves.
           潘塔納爾，世界上最大的野生動(dòng)物保護(hù)區(qū)之一