Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #1654
secure
保护；使安全
to make something safe from danger or harm; to protect something
- 1.
To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
使安全；保护
- 2.
get by special effort
设法获得
- 3.
To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; frequently with against or from, or formerly with of.
确保不丢失或不接收；保证
- 4.
cause to be firmly attached
使牢固附着
- 5.
To fix in place; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping.
固定；有效关闭或限制；防止松动或逃脱
- 6.
assure payment of
确保支付
- 7.
To get possession of; to make oneself secure of; to acquire certainly.
获得；确保得到
获得；争取到；确保；保证；固定；系牢；关紧；担保；保证（付款）；使安全；保护
In use
She managed to secure a scholarship to study abroad.
Please secure the rope to the post so the tent doesn't blow away.
The bank required him to secure the loan with his house.
Verb forms
base secure · third person secures · -ing securing · past secured · past participle secured
Connections
Collocations
- secure a deal
- 达成交易；争取到协议
- The company secured a deal with a major retailer.该公司与一家大型零售商达成了一项协议。
- secure funding
- 获得资金
- The startup secured funding from several investors.这家初创公司从几位投资者那里获得了资金。
- secure the border
- 保障边境安全
- The government sent more troops to secure the border.政府派遣更多军队去保障边境安全。
- secure a victory
- 赢得胜利；确保胜利
- The team secured a narrow victory in the final seconds.该队在最后几秒赢得了一场险胜。
- secure data
- 保护数据
- You should secure your data with a strong password.你应该用强密码保护你的数据。
- secure a rope
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记住 secure 的发音像‘see cure’（看到治愈），看到治愈让人安心，从而联想“使安全、确保”的意思。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：安全防护的日常或书面说明、商务、政治等正式场合、日常交流中的一般用法 secure 作动词时有多个常用含义：表示“保护、使安全”时在日常和书面语境中都常用；表示“获得、争取到”时多用于商务、政治等较正式场合；表示“确保、保证”时也常见于正式表达。建议根据搭配和语境选择自然的中性或正式说法。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词与 secure /sɪˈkjʊr/ 押韵：cure /kjʊr/、pure /pjʊr/、sure /ʃʊr/、assure /əˈʃʊr/、ensure /ɪnˈʃʊr/、insure /ɪnˈʃʊr/。它们都含相同的重读元音 /ʊr/；cure 和 pure 带 /j/ 音，sure 及其加前缀形式为 /ʃʊr/，但元音和尾音一致，仍押韵。注意拼写相似的 secular /ˈsɛkjələr/（世俗的）与 secure 拼写相近但发音、重音都不同，不要混淆。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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