Salvage from Meaning in English
expression
释义
To save something valuable or useful from a place, situation, or event where most things are lost or damaged.
用法与细微差别
Often used in contexts of physical recovery after disasters (fires, shipwrecks), but can also refer to retrieving useful parts or information from failure. Common collocations: 'salvage goods from', 'salvage parts from'. More formal than 'save from'; not typically used for people.
例句
They managed to salvage from the burning house a few important documents.
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Is there anything we can salvage from this broken computer?
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After the shipwreck, they tried to salvage from the cargo what they could.
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We couldn’t save the whole project, but we did salvage from it some useful research.
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There’s not much to salvage from this mess, but let’s see what we can do.
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She managed to salvage from her failed business some valuable contacts for the future.
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