1、preserve

保持，維持（原狀）

We will do everything to preserve peace.

我們會盡全力維持和平。

an effort to fit in more students while preserving standards.

在保持原有教學水平的同時招收更多學生的努力

保護；保存；維護

We need to preserve the forest.

我們需要保護森林。

Conservation is an issue which gets a lot of attention these days — whether it means preserving old buildings, or protecting the environment.

資源保護是目前備受關注的問題——不管它指的是對古建筑的保護，還是對環(huán)境的保護。

保存，腌制（食物）

I like to make puree, using only enough sugar to preserve the plums.

我喜歡做果泥，只需要用一點糖把李子腌一下。

preserved ginger in syrup.

用糖漿腌制的姜

2、capture

(尤指在戰(zhàn)爭中)俘虜，擒獲，占領，奪取

The guerrillas shot down one aeroplane and captured the pilot.

游擊隊擊落了一架飛機,并俘獲了飛行員。

The whole town celebrated when two tanks were captured.

全城居民慶祝繳獲了兩輛坦克。

代表（特點);表現(xiàn),體現(xiàn)(感情、氣氛)

Chef Idris Caldora offers an inspired menu that captures the spirit of the Mediterranean.

廚師伊德里斯·卡爾多拉開出一份富有地中海特色的菜單，讓人眼前一亮。

Their mood was captured by one who said, 'Students here don't know or care about campus issues.'

一個人的話道出了他們的心情，“這兒的學生既不了解也不關心校園問題。”

吸引(注意力);激發(fā)(想象);贏得(喜愛)

the great names of the Tory party who usually capture the historian's attention.

往往會引起歷史學家關注的保守黨大人物

the issue that has captured the imagination of nearly the whole nation.

激發(fā)了幾乎所有國人想象力的爭論