- to save a badly damaged ship, etc. from being lost completely; to save parts or property from a damaged ship or from a fire, etc.打捞，营救（失事船舶等）；抢救（失事船舶、火灾等中的财物）
- salvage something The wreck was salvaged by a team from the RAF.失事船只被英国皇家空军救援小组打捞起来了。
- The house was built using salvaged materials.这栋房子是用回收的废旧材料建成的。
- salvage something from something We only managed to salvage two paintings from the fire.我们只从火灾中抢救出两幅画。
- salvage something to manage to rescue something from a difficult situation; to stop a bad situation from being a complete failure挽救；挽回
- What can I do to salvage my reputation? (= get a good reputation again)我怎样才能挽回我的名声呢？
- He wondered what he could do to salvage the situation.他不知道怎样才能挽救这个局面。
- United lost 5–2, salvaging a little pride with two late goals.联队以 2:5 失利，只靠后来两粒进球挽回了一点面子。
Extra Examples- Ministers are now trying to salvage the peace deal.部长们现在正试图挽救和平协议。
- Perhaps something can be salvaged from all this mess.或许可以从这些混乱中挽救一些东西。
- making a desperate attempt to salvage something from the wreck of their marriage孤注一掷地试图从他们婚姻的破裂中挽回些什么
Word Originmid 17th cent. (as a noun denoting payment for saving a ship or its cargo): from French, from medieval Latin salvagium, from Latin salvare ‘to save’. The verb dates from the late 19th cent.