secure

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
/səˈkjʊɹ/|/səˈkjɝ/|/səˈkjɔɹ/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
    — I spread a cloud before the victor's sight, / Sustained the vanquished, and secured his flight.
  2. To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; frequently with against or from, or formerly with of.
    — to secure a creditor against loss; to secure a debt by a mortgage
  3. To fix in place; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping.
    — to secure a prisoner; to secure a door, or the hatches of a ship
  4. To get possession of; to make oneself secure of; to acquire certainly.
    — to secure an estate
  5. To plight or pledge. obsolete,transitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Free from attack or danger; protected.
    — The vast majority of American Jews not only greatly dislike President Trump but also believe he has made them less safe: according to a May 2019 poll, nearly three-quarters of Jewish voters believe American Jews are less secure under Trump than they were before, 71 percent disapprove of Trump’s overall job performance, and nearly 60 percent believe that he bears at least some responsibility for the synagogue shootings carried out by white nationalists in Pittsburgh and Poway.
  2. Free from the danger of theft; safe.
  3. Free from the risk of eavesdropping, interception or discovery; secret.
  4. Free from anxiety or doubt; unafraid.
    — But thou, secure of soul, unbent with woes.
  5. Firm and not likely to fail; stable.
  6. Free from the risk of financial loss; reliable.
  7. Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; commonly used with of.
    — secure of a welcome
  8. Overconfident; incautious; careless. obsolete
    — They were secure where they ought to have been wary, and timorous where they might well have been secure.
  9. Certain to be achieved or gained; assured.
    — Just when victory seemed secure, they let it slip from their grasp.

词形变化

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词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Latin sēcūrus (“of persons, free from care, quiet, easy; in a bad sense, careless, reckless; of things, tranquil, also free from danger, safe, secure”), from sē- (“without”) + cūra (“care”); see cure. Doublet of sure and the now obsolete or dialectal sicker (“certain, safe”).
词源 2
Borrowed from Latin sēcūrus (“of persons, free from care, quiet, easy; in a bad sense, careless, reckless; of things, tranquil, also free from danger, safe, secure”), from sē- (“without”) + cūra (“care”); see cure. Doublet of sure and the now obsolete or dialectal sicker (“certain, safe”).
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