preservation /.preza'veifn; prEzv'veJsn/ n [U] 1 act of preserving: 保護; 貯蔵; 維持; 留存： the ~ of food/one's health; 食物的保存 (健康的維護); the ~ of peace; 和平的維持; the ~ of wild life. 保護野生動物。 2 condition of sth preserved: 某物被保律的狀況： old paintings in an excellent state of ~. 保存得律好的古晝。