salvage
抢救,挽回,挽救,拯救
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Definitions
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- : the act of saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the seas.
- : the property so saved.
- : compensation given to those who voluntarily save a ship or its cargo.
- : the act of saving anything from fire, danger, etc.
- : the property saved from danger.
- : the value or proceeds upon sale of goods recovered from a fire.
- 1
sal·vaged, sal·vag·ing.
- : to save from shipwreck, fire, etc.
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Examples
It can’t ever have been declared a total loss in an accident or be operating under a salvage title.
Fortescue apologized for the incident, which saw the company conduct land clearing on a cultural heritage site without the presence of elders from the Eastern Guruma People to observe and salvage artifacts.
Howell, who owns a pipeline salvage business, thought he could do the work for as little as $1,000.
Yet the sport, like everything else, is too much in salvage mode to know for sure what that looks like.
Sen. Mary Landrieu did everything she could Monday night to salvage the shards of her bid for a fourth term in the U.S. Senate.
None of this is to say that the wreck and salvage of the Costa Concordia should have received less attention.
It was a negligent accident that cost more than 30 lives, including a salvage diver who perished working on the wreck.
Two full hotels on Giglio port have been rented entirely for two years for the salvage crews and the command center.
Can a radical overhaul salvage this once gripping spectacle?
There were no odds and ends, even, of wreckage which I could salvage for one more week of the old life.
"These, madam," said I, handing her a small plush bag into which I had poured the "salvage" taken from my sticky palms.