the act of keeping something in its original state or in good condition 保护；维护；保存 building/environmental/food preservation 建筑物的维护；环境保护；食物的保存 a preservation group/society 环保团体 The council has placed a preservation order on the building. 地方议会颁布了对这座建筑的保护令。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- building
- railroad
- railway
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- order
- ordinance
- a state of preservation
the act of making sure that something is kept 保留；维持；保持 the degree to which something has not been changed or damaged by age, weather, etc. 保存的状况；保养的程度
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin praeservatio(n-), from late Latin praeservare ‘to keep’, from prae- ‘before, in advance’ + servare ‘to keep’.