The museum uses climate-controlled cases to preserve ancient manuscripts, since even small swings in humidity can loosen the pigments from the page.
博物馆用恒温恒湿展柜保存古代手稿，因为湿度即便小幅波动也会使颜料从纸面剥落。
Even so, many place names and genealogies recorded in the sagas have been independently confirmed, suggesting that oral tradition preserved a surprising amount of accurate detail alongside its more fantastical elements.
From a Central Ideas and Details question · Information and Ideas
Essayist Nadia Farrow argues that literary translation should prioritize preserving a text's rhythm and sound over achieving strict word-for-word accuracy.
From a Cross-Text Connections question · Craft and Structure
- Cryopreservation uses extremely low temperatures to preserve biological tissue for future use.
From a Rhetorical Synthesis question · Expression of Ideas
Which choice best defines “preserve”?
D — Keep safe, protect. “preserve” means keep safe, protect.
Which word means “keep safe, protect”?
A — preserve. “preserve” means keep safe, protect.
preserve — keep safe, protect. In Chinese: 保存，保护.
preserve is pronounced /prɪˈzɜːrv/.
The museum uses climate-controlled cases to preserve ancient manuscripts, since even small swings in humidity can loosen the pigments from the page. (博物馆用恒温恒湿展柜保存古代手稿，因为湿度即便小幅波动也会使颜料从纸面剥落。)
conserve, protect, safeguard — all close in meaning to preserve (keep safe, protect).
destroy, neglect — each the opposite of preserve (keep safe, protect).
Yes. preserve is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
pre(before)+serve(maintain)