preserve

保存する、維持する

物を元の状態や良い状態に保ち、失われたり壊れたりしないようにすること。

やさしい英語で： To keep something in its original or good condition and prevent it from being lost or destroyed.

• We want to preserve this building.
• The family preserved its old photographs.
• These recordings help preserve the local language.

類義語： maintain, keep, conserve

反対語： destroy

よく使う表現： preserve something, preserve the past, preserve a tradition

保存加工する、保存する

塩や砂糖などを使って、食べ物が長く傷まないように加工すること。

やさしい英語で： To prepare food with salt, sugar, or another substance so it stays good for a long time.

• We preserve fruit for winter.
• They preserved the fish in salt.
• You can preserve these berries with sugar.

使い方： preserve something in something (They preserve lemons in salt.)

よく使う表現： preserve fruit, preserve in salt, preserve in sugar

守る、保護する

人や物を危険や被害から守ること。

やさしい英語で： To keep someone or something safe from harm or danger.

• Our first duty is to preserve life.
• These measures preserve workers from serious injury.
• The shelter preserved the animals from danger.

使い方： preserve someone/something from something (They prayed that their children would be preserved from harm.)

類義語： protect, safeguard

反対語： endanger

よく使う表現： preserve someone, preserve human life, preserve from harm

ジャム

果物を砂糖と煮て作る甘い食べ物。よくパンに塗る。

やさしい英語で： A sweet food made by cooking fruit with sugar, often spread on bread.

• Try this strawberry preserve.
• She makes fruit preserves every summer.
• We spread apricot preserve on warm toast.

類義語： jam

よく使う表現： fruit preserve, strawberry preserve, homemade preserve, raspberry preserve

猟区

特定の人が動物を狩るために確保された土地。

やさしい英語で： An area of land kept for particular people to hunt animals in.

• They own a hunting preserve.
• Only members can hunt on this preserve.
• The preserve covers several hundred acres of woodland.

類義語： hunting reserve

よく使う表現： hunting preserve, private preserve, game preserve