"delivered from damnation," c. 1300, past participle adjective from save (v.). Saved by the bell is from 1914 in reference to prize fighting; 1912 in reference to the classroom; figurative use from 1915, probably at first from the fighting sense.
實(shí)用例句
1. His life was saved by a quarter-inch-thick bullet-proof steel screen.
多虧一塊1/4英寸厚的防彈鋼板，他才撿了條命。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. More cash will be saved by shutting studios and selling outside-broadcast vehicles.
