| 单词 | secure |
| 释义 | se·cure I. 1. a. archaic < went up … and smote the host: for the host was secure — Judg 8:11 (Authorized Version) > b. < secure himself … he went out of his way to help others — Vance Palmer > < secure in the knowledge that a nurse is there to take over if necessary — Dorothy Barclay > c. < secure in a belief > < grow to feel too secure in their power — F.L.Mott > d. archaic < secure to be as blest as thou canst bear — Alexander Pope > < when she is secure of him, there will be leisure for falling in love — Jane Austen > 2. a. < the feudal lord and his people were no longer secure behind their fortifications — Tom Wintringham > — often used with from or against < secure from harm > < secure against attack > b. < no man's life or fortune was secure — F.D.Roosevelt > c. < a secure hideaway > < a secure telephone line > d. < his judgment on them is not so secure — Roy Lewis & Angus Maude > < voice under secure control — John Briggs > e. < a secure foundation > < a secure lock > < made a secure place for himself in criticism — T.S.Eliot > 3. < a secure victory > < secure of an audience that shared his views — C.H.Rickword > Synonyms: see safe II. transitive verb 1. obsolete < I came secured by her promises — Thomas Fuller > 2. a. < labor's efforts to secure itself — New Republic > — often used with from or against < secure the country from a repetition of the experience — Irish Digest > < secure your own countrymen against brutality — Kenneth Roberts > b. < for the time being, the beach was secured — Irwin Shaw > 3. a. archaic < finds a way … to secure himself of a powerful advocate — William Broome > b. < secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity — U.S. Constitution > < securing that there are no unfilled gaps — Lancet > c. (1) (2) < secure a note by a pledge of collateral security > 4. a. < secure a prisoner with handcuffs > < two redcoats quickly secured him — Rex Ingamells > b. < secure a door > < secure the hatches of a ship > < secure a letter with a wax seal > 5. archaic a. < securing false and illegal trade — W.S.Perry > b. < so I may secure you from acting with … rashness — Sir Walter Scott > 6. a. < secure employment > < secure cooperation > < secure a confession > < the good and rare things, in most countries secured and held by the few — Russell Lord > < secured an inside room on one of the largest steamers — David Fairchild > b. < secured his ignominious dismissal — T.J.P.Lever > < we secured that they remain for some months — Herbert Hoover > < perfect technique will always secure a finer performance — Warwick Braithwaite > 7. < secure unnecessary personnel, partly to make it easier on those who still must stay on duty — E.L.Beach > intransitive verb 1. of naval personnel < you may secure now … get yourself some eggs and coffee — Herman Wouk > 2. of a ship < she secured alongside — Alan Villiers > Synonyms: see endure, get III. |
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