核心畫面
You can picture security as the state of being safe — nothing bad can reach you. Everything else is either an action that creates that safety, the people who provide it, or, in money, the thing that guarantees you won't lose what you're owed.
可以想成「安全、不會被傷害到」的那種狀態：沒有東西能碰到你、傷到你。security 這個字其他的用法，都可以從這個…更多收起
可以想成「安全、不會被傷害到」的那種狀態：沒有東西能碰到你、傷到你。security 這個字其他的用法，都可以從這個畫面長出來——有的是「製造這份安全的動作或措施」，有的是「負責守護安全的人」，到了金錢的世界，則變成「保證你不會虧掉的那個東西」。原始詞典資料10 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
securitynoun/sɪˈkjʊəɹɪti/
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The condition of not being threatened, especially physically, psychologically, emotionally, or financially.
- Chad always carries a gun for his own security.
- The pink blanket gives little Mary lots of security.
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Something that secures.
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An organization or department responsible for providing security by enforcing laws, rules, and regulations as well as maintaining order.
- Pamela works in security.
- […] Going through security I held her for so long / She finally looked at me in love and she was gone
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lawSomething that secures the fulfillment of an obligation or law.
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lawFreedom from apprehension.
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businessfinanceA tradeable financial asset, such as a share of stock or any of various classes of bond.
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businessfinanceProof of ownership of stocks, bonds or other investment instruments.
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businessfinanceProperty etc. temporarily relinquished to guarantee repayment of a loan.
- Near-synonym: collateral
另外 2 個記錄的用法
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A guarantee.
- As to Perſons of Quality, they give Security to appropriate a certain Sum for each Child, ſuitable to their Condition; and theſe Funds are always managed with good Husbandry and the moſt exact Juſtice.
- Those who lent him money lent it on no security but his bare word.
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obsoleteCarelessness; negligence.
- He means, my lord, that we are too remiss, Whilst Bolingbroke, through our security, Grows strong and great in substance and in power.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。