security /sɪˈkjʊərɪtɪ/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-UNCOUNT Security refers to all the measures that are taken to protect a place, or to ensure that only people with permission enter it or leave it. 保安措施; 安全措施

  例：

  They are now under a great deal of pressure to tighten their airport security.

  他们目前承受着加强机场保安措施的巨大压力。

  例：

  Strict security measures are in force in the capital.

  严格的安全措施在首都实施。

• 2. 

  N-UNCOUNT A feeling of security is a feeling of being safe and free from worry. 安全感

  例：

  He loves the security of a happy home life.

  他非常喜欢幸福的家庭生活所来的那种安全感。

  例：

  If an alarm gives you that feeling of security, then it's worth carrying.

  如果一个报警器能给你那种安全感，那就值得携带。

• 3. 

  PHRASE If something gives you a false sense of security, it makes you believe that you are safe when you are not. 虚假的安全感

• 4. 

  N-UNCOUNT If something is security for a loan, you promise to give that thing to the person who lends you money, if you fail to pay the money back. 抵押品 [商业]

  例：

  The central bank will provide special loans, and the banks will pledge the land as security.

  中央银行将提供特别贷款,而各家银行将以土地作为抵押品。

• 5. 

  N-PLURAL Securities are stocks, shares, bonds, or other certificates that you buy in order to earn regular interest from them or to sell them later for a profit. 有价证券 [商业]

  例：

  National banks can package their own mortgages and underwrite them as securities.

  国家银行可以组合包装自己的的抵押贷款,以证券形式承销。

• 6. 

  → see also Social Security