This is the 2855th most frequent Chinese word.
抢救
"抢救" means "to rescue or save urgently."
In this sentence, '抢救' refers to taking immediate action to revive or save a patient's life in an urgent medical situation.
医生迅速抢救了患者的生命。
The doctor quickly saved the patient's life.
Here, '抢救' conveys the act of intervention to preserve or recover the function of the patient's eyes.
这个手术是为了抢救病人的眼睛。
This surgery is to save the patient's eyesight.
In this context, '抢救' is used to describe the act of urgently trying to rescue a physical object in distress, i.e., a ship.