1、preserve

保持，维持（原状）

We will do everything to preserve peace.

我们会尽全力维持和平。

an effort to fit in more students while preserving standards.

在保持原有教学水平的同时招收更多学生的努力

保护；保存；维护

We need to preserve the forest.

我们需要保护森林。

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

资源保护是目前备受关注的问题——不管它指的是对古建筑的保护，还是对环境的保护。

保存，腌制（食物）

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

我喜欢做果泥，只需要用一点糖把李子腌一下。

preserved ginger in syrup.

用糖浆腌制的姜

2、capture

(尤指在战争中)俘虏，擒获，占领，夺取

The guerrillas shot down one aeroplane and captured the pilot.

游击队击落了一架飞机,并俘获了飞行员。

The whole town celebrated when two tanks were captured.

全城居民庆祝缴获了两辆坦克。

代表（特点);表现,体现(感情、气氛)

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

厨师伊德里斯·卡尔多拉开出一份富有地中海特色的菜单，让人眼前一亮。

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

一个人的话道出了他们的心情，“这儿的学生既不了解也不关心校园问题。”

吸引(注意力);激发(想象);赢得(喜爱)

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

往往会引起历史学家关注的保守党大人物

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

激发了几乎所有国人想象力的争论