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单词 rescuer
释义
rescuer
noun[C]
uk
/ˈres.kjuː.ər/us
/ˈres.kjuː.ɚ/
apersonwhohelpssomeone out of adangerousorunpleasantsituation:
Two of the rescuersdiedin a secondearthquake.
Asdarkfell, rescuers were stillsearchingformissingclimbers.
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rescue
More examples
  • Rescuers havefoundabodyat thesite.
  • The two women were notfoundbymountainrescuers until 4.40am onSunday.
  • Rescuerssearchedfor othersurvivorsof thefire.
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(Definition ofrescuerfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrescuer

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But when his parents turned around to thank hisrescuerno man was to be seen.
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It registers that the rescuer's action was a serious one, in need of a special sort of justification.
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Therescueris blameless and does not owe an apology.
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Were the rescuers motivated by altruism or by the promise of payment?
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Many other rescuers, although assisting strangers, were nevertheless drawn to help people they regarded as 'culturally similar' to themselves.
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Unknown to their would-be rescuers, however, they had perished.
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Therescuerthen discovers a herb that, when mixed with the drug, will allow her to save two people.
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After all, running into a burning building to save someone else's child could be socially irresponsible if therescuerhas four dependent children at home.
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It seems right to say both that the saved person has been harmed and that therescuerhas harmed her, although under special circumstances.24 22.
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Further, emergency room workers shouldn't even have thought of this as a stranger to stranger relationship; they were, after all, not just professional helpers but professional rescuers.
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It does not matter much, when assessing whether therescuershould compensate for the unavoidable injuries, if the rescuer acted from benevolence, whimsy, or a desire to impress.
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Following a destructive earthquake, even the ceremony of rescue is morally and politically charged, as rescuers fight not against 'nature' but against the twisted ruins of their own design failures.
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But in order to focus attention on the difference in the amount of money each would-berescuerdemands, it's important to control for these other possible variables.
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Thus, the method of pairwise comparison provides no basis for choosing the greater number, leaving therescuerto break a tie between saving one person and saving five others.
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What is more, although a fence does not provide a barrier to a young child, it will provide an almost insurmountable barrier to would-be rescuers.
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