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【问】 单数名词saving与复数名词savings词义不同吗?

【答】 作为单数名词的saving是指“节省”、“节省下来的钱或物”。例如:

1. ... a very great saving in cost as well as in manpower... (EED)

……人力和成本的大大节省……

2. Travelling by train in the middle of the week can mean a saving of several pounds.(Chambers)

在周中乘火车旅游,可节省好几英镑。

3. a useful saving of time and money(ALD)

有益地节省时间和金钱

savings则是指“存款”、“储蓄(的钱)”:

1. She drew out all her savings...

她取出了她的所有存款……

2. It took all our savings to buy the house. (FWF)

为了买这所房子我们花去了全部存款。

3. Bob took his savings out of the bank to buy a bicycle. (Neal)

鲍勃从银行取出存款,买了一辆自行车。


赵振才 编著.英语常见问题解答大词典.哈尔滨:黑龙江人民出版社.1998.第1006页.
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