security是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 protection of a person, building, organization, or country against threats such as crime or attacks by foreign countries -- 保護（措施）；安全（保障）

  • The station was closed for two hours because of a security alert. 由於有安全警報，車站關閉了兩小時。

  • 30 demonstrators were killed in clashes with the security forces over the weekend. 週末，30名示威者在與維安部隊的衝突中喪生。

  • The tighter security measures/precautions include video cameras throughout the city centre. 加強安全保護措施包括在市中心安裝攝影機。

  • The students were deported because they posed a threat to national security. 這些學生因對國家安全構成威脅而被驅逐出境。

  • The banks must tighten security against fraud. 銀行必須加強安全措施，防止詐騙。

  • The most dangerous criminals are held in maximum-security prisons (= prisons that are as difficult as possible to escape from). 最爲危險的罪犯被關押在戒備最森嚴的監獄裡。

  • You'll need to notify security if you want to work late in the office. 如果想在辦公室裡工作到很晚，你需要通知警衛。

• 1 the fact that something is not likely to fail or be lost -- 保障；牢靠

  • If it's a choice between higher pay and job security, I'd prefer to keep my job. 如果在更高的薪資和安穩的工作兩者之間進行選擇，我寧願保住工作。

  • I'm on a temporary contract and have little financial security (= cannot be sure of having enough money to live on). 我簽的是臨時契約，沒甚麽經濟保障。

• 2 property or goods that you promise to give to someone if you cannot pay what you owe them -- 保證金；抵押品

  • She used her shares in the company as security against a $23 million bank loan. 她用自己在公司的股票作抵押向銀行借了2300萬美元。

  • The hotel held onto our suitcases as security while we went to the bank to get money to pay the bill. 旅館留下我們的行李作爲抵押，我們則去銀行提錢來付賬。

• 3 the feeling of being confident in one's family and relationships -- （在家庭或一段關係中）安全感；安心

  • Most children need the security of a stable family life. 大多數孩子需要安穩的家庭所帶來的安全感。