Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #3918
rescue
救；解救；拯救
to save someone from danger, violence, confinement, or evil
- 1.
To save from any violence, danger or evil.
从暴力、危险或邪恶中解救出来
- 2.
To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.
解救,使脱离束缚或限制
- 3.
To recover forcibly, especially from a siege.
强行夺回,尤指解围
- 4.
To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin.
使脱离罪恶和邪恶的境地
- 5.
To achieve something positive under difficult conditions.
在困难条件下取得积极成果
- 6.
To restore a particular trait in an organism that was lost or altered, especially where this loss was as the consequence of some experimental manipulation.
恢复生物体失去或改变的特质,尤指因实验操作所致
- 7.
To salvage and restore something that has been discarded.
挽救并修复被丢弃的东西
- 8.
To fix a mistake made while preparing something, especially in cooking.
纠正准备过程中的错误,尤指烹饪
- 9.
To adopt (an animal).
收养(动物)
挽救；挽回；收养（动物）；领养；补救；弥补；抢救；修复；夺回；解救（被围困者）
In use
The lifeguard rescued the drowning child from the pool.
Firefighters rescue people from burning buildings every day.
They are rescuing the trapped hikers by helicopter.
rescue + 宾语
直接接被救对象。
The firefighters rescued the child.
消防员救出了孩子。
rescue + 宾语 + from + 名词/地点
from后接危险处境或地点。
They rescued the hikers from the mountain.
他们从山上救出了徒步者。
be rescued (by + 施动者)
被动语态，强调受救。
The passengers were rescued by a helicopter.
Connections
Collocations
- rescue survivors
- 营救幸存者
- The rescue team rescued survivors from the collapsed building.救援队从倒塌的建筑物中营救了幸存者。
- rescue a drowning child
- 救起溺水的孩子
- He jumped into the river to rescue a drowning child.他跳进河里去救一个溺水的孩子。
- rescue a trapped animal
- 营救被困动物
- Firefighters spent hours rescuing a trapped cat from the tree.消防员花了几个小时把一只被困的猫从树上救下来。
- rescue a failing company
- 挽救濒临倒闭的公司
- The government stepped in to rescue the failing company.政府介入以挽救这家濒临倒闭的公司。
- rescue the situation
- 挽回局面
- Her quick thinking rescued the situation.她敏捷的思维挽救了局面。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想：把 rescue 拆成 re + s + cue——再(re)听到求救信号(cue)，就赶去救援。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：literal rescue in emergencies (news, fire, flood)、animal shelter and pet adoption、figurative talk about fixing a difficult situation rescue 的字面义（如救人、救动物）通常用于正式或中性场合，如新闻报道和应急场景；比喻义（如挽救局面、挽救计划）则比较常见于口语和非正式表达。因此标为 mixed 比只标正式或非正式更稳妥。
Grammar Note
rescue 是及物动词，后直接接宾语，常用 rescue sb/sth from sth 结构。
Pronunciation & Spelling
No common word rhymes exactly with rescue (/ˈrɛskjuː/), because its stressed vowel is /ɛ/ and a full rhyme would need the ending /ɛskjuː/. Cue and skew share the final /kjuː/ or /skjuː/ sound, but they are not rhymes. Words spelled with '-esque'—picturesque, burlesque, grotesque, statuesque—look similar but end in /ɛsk/, not /skjuː/.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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