A machine with a specific purpose has another quality, one that we usually associate with living things: a wish to preserve its own existence.

His music deserved to be preserved in the family.

It can preserve their best flavor.

It's as if the brain is preserving its most important memories.

Many people are working hard to preserve these ponies, and trying to come up with plans to find a sustainable future for one of dartmoor's most financially-troubled elements.

On a mere 1/10 of an acre in Los Angeles, Loe and her family grow, can(装罐) and preserve much of the food they consume.

Phil Blythe explains: \For many older people, particularly those living alone or in the country, driving is important for preserving their independence, giving them the freedom to get out and about without having to rely on others.\

Where are you in the cycle of renewal: Are you actively preserving the present, or selectively forgetting the past, or boldly creating the future? What advice would Leah give you to move you ahead on your journey? Once we're on the path of growth, we can continually move through the seasons of transformation and renewal.

They want to preserve a wonderful tradition of the industry.

They value the environmental quality they preserve over their oil imports from abroad.

We write to preserve our family histories so our children and grandchildren can learn and appreciate their heritage (传统).

Curiosity, he argues, is the third key factor—and a difficult one to preserve.

Last year, the Royal Society in London said in its report that scientists need to shift away from a research culture where data is viewed as a private preserve.

More than a century has passed since explorers raced to plant their flags at the bottom of the world, and for decades to come this continent is supposed to be protected as a scientific preserve, shielded from intrusions like military activities and mining.

As for craftsmanship itself, the issue is how to preserve it as a valued skill in the general population.

We think it happens to help people preserve their beliefs, so they can still hold on to the previous stereotypes.

Louis sees the project as a way to preserve history as it happens

Muir's learning in observation throughout his life led him to devote his last years to preserving the natural environment.

Readers will feel they know John Muir after reading his story and may catch his passion for preserving the riches of our land

Apple argues that it is fighting to preserve a principle that most of us who are addicted to our smartphones can defend: Weaken a single iPhone so that its contents can be viewed by the American government and you risk weakening all iPhones for any govern

But now, with only 30 wooden churches remaining and their condition deteriorating, experts are working to preserve the structures for future generations.

Last year, the Royal Society in London said in its report that scientists need to \shift away from a research culture where data is viewed as a private preserve\.

More than a century has passed since explorers raced to plant their flags at the bottom of the world, and for decades to come this continent is supposed to be protected as a scientific preserve, shielded from intrusions like military activities and mining

The ham is covered in salt to dry and preserve it, and left hung for up to two years.

You don't preserve an airplane by keeping it on the ground, you preserve it by keeping it in service.

They also focused on important rituals that appeared to preserve a people’s social structure, such as initiation ceremonies that formally signify children’s entrance into adulthood.

At puberty, however, the brain shuts down half of that capacity, preserving only those modes of thought that have seemed most valuable during the first decade or so of life.

Time was when biologists somewhat overworked the evidence that these creatures preserve the health of game by killing the physically weak, or that they prey only on \worthless\species.

In Europe, where forestry is ecologically more advanced, the noncommercial tree species are recognized as members of the native forest community, to be preserved as such, within reason.

It is only the Queen who has preserved the monarchy’s reputation with her rather ordinary ( ' , if well-heeled) granny style.