security

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

They are now under a great deal of pressure to tighten their airport security. 他們目前承受著加強(qiáng)機(jī)場(chǎng)保安措施的巨大壓力。

Strict security measures are in force in the capital. 嚴(yán)格的安全措施在首都實(shí)施。

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

He loves the security of a happy home life. 他非常喜歡幸福的家庭生活所來(lái)的那種安全感。

If an alarm gives you that feeling of security, then it's worth carrying. 如果一個(gè)報(bào)警器能給你那種安全感，那就值得攜帶。

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

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[商業(yè)]

The central bank will provide special loans, and the banks will pledge the land as security. 中央銀行將提供特別貸款,而各家銀行將以土地作為抵押品。

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. 有價(jià)證券[商業(yè)]

National banks can package their own mortgages and underwrite them as securities. 國(guó)家銀行可以組合包裝自己的的抵押貸款,以證券形式承銷。

6. →see alsoSocial Security