- [usually singular]
a person who rescues somebody/something from a dangerous or difficult situation 救助者;拯救者;救星 The new manager has been hailed as the saviour of the club. 新任主教练被誉为俱乐部的救星。 He was hailed as the saviour of the nation. 他被奉为该国的救星。 The people clearly saw her as their saviour. 人们显然把她看成了救星。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- potential
- would-be
- personal
- …
- acclaim somebody as
- hail somebody as
- see somebody/something as
- …
- saviour of
- the Saviour[singular]
used in the Christian religion as another name for Jesus Christ 救主,救世主(耶稣基督)
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French sauveour, from ecclesiastical Latin salvator (translating Greek sōtēr), from late Latin salvare ‘to save’.