英语词汇“security”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	security
释义	se·cu·ri·ty I. \sə̇ˈkyu̇rəd.ē, sēˈ-, -rətē, -i\ noun (-es) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English securite, from Latin securitat-, securitas, from securus free from care, safe, secure + -itat-, -itas -ity 1. : the quality or state of being secure: as a. : freedom from danger : safety < security from famine > < security against aggression > < everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person — U.N. Declaration of Human Rights > < seeking after the illusion of certainty … in the form of a quest for absolute security — E.N.Griswold > b. archaic : carefree or cocky overconfidence < security is mortals' chiefest enemy — Shakespeare > c. : freedom from fear, anxiety, or care < this need for security dates back into infancy — K.C.Garrison > < security … thought of as a harmony between internal needs and the social availability of the means for their satisfaction — W.C.Olson > < my one chance of security lies in fixing attention solely on the first chapter — Arnold Bennett > d. (1) : freedom from uncertainty or doubt : confidence, assurance < knowing she still had the security of his faithful devotion — Morley Callaghan > < distinguished by a certain security of judgment — J.R.Lowell > (2) : sureness of technique < the cellist plays with great security but overlooks opportunities to let the sunlight in — Arthur Berger > e. : basis for confidence : guarantee < our plan gives us no security that we shall get the steam engine — G.B.Shaw > f. : firmness < security of attachment > : dependability, stability < the security of a knot > < a moral poise, a security of values that is very rare in our age — Irving Howe & Eliezer Greenberg > 2. a. : something given, deposited, or pledged to make certain the fulfillment of an obligation (as the payment of a debt) : property given or serving to make secure the enjoyment or enforcement of a right : guaranty, pledge < the security is poor > b. : one who becomes surety for another or engages himself for the performance of another's obligation : surety < was willing to go security for his friend > < fined and ordered to find securities for good behavior — Edward Jenks > 3. : a written obligation, evidence, or document of ownership or creditorship (as a stock, bond, note, debenture, or certificate) giving the holder the right to demand and receive property not in his possession < a government security > < negotiable securities > specifically : one issued to investors to finance a business enterprise 4. : something that secures : defense, protection, guard < their one source of security in a glowering alien climate — A.R.Marcus > as a. : measures taken (as by a military unit) to ensure against surprise attack < the battalion … set up security — Walter Bernstein > b. : measures taken (as by a national government or a governmental unit) to guard against espionage, observation, sabotage, and surprise < security prevents the reporting of actual production figures — New Republic > c. : protection against economic vicissitudes < government guarantees for old age security — T.W.Arnold > < the very heavy emphasis that younger men are now placing on … security — Fortune > d. : penal custody < the new prison system … provides for the care of offenders on the basis of classification as to custody (maximum, medium, and minimum security) — C.E.Johnson > 5. : the resistance of a cryptogram to cryptanalysis measured usually by the time and effort needed to solve it II. — an international radiotelephone signal word introducing a safety message
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