reservation是什么意思

reservation

英 [rez?'ve??(?)n] 美 [,r?z?'ve??n]

1. Reservation 專指印第安人居留地.

reservation 預(yù)約，預(yù)訂，保留

來自 reserve,預(yù)約，保留。

reservation (n.): late 14c., "act of reserving," from Old French reservation (14c.) and directly from Late Latin reservationem (nominative reservatio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin reservare (see reserve (n.)). Mental sense is from c. 1600. U.S. sense "tract of public land set aside for some special use" is recorded from 1789, originally in reference to the Six Nations in New York State. Meaning "act or fact of engaging a room, a seat, etc." is from 1904, originally American English.

1. After three days, the strikers' demands were met almost without reservation.: 3天以后，罷工人員的要求幾乎全部得到了滿足。

2. Seventeen thousand Indians live in Arizona on a reservation.: 1.7萬印第安人生活在亞利桑那州的保留地。

3. You make the reservation, and I'll confirm it in writing.: 你來預(yù)訂，我會(huì)去函確認(rèn)。

4. I told him my main reservation about his film was the ending.: 我告訴他我主要是對(duì)他電影的結(jié)尾有保留意見。

5. Accommodation is restricted so a reservation is essential.: 鋪位有限，所以有必要進(jìn)行預(yù)訂。