I really feel...that I got lucky beacuse any sense of security pulled out from under of me. So I was forced to look forward. I had to...there was no going back. And I reached a point where I just thought "I'm gonna work as hard as I can, and see what happened".

——Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

我非常幸运的是……我心中所有的安全感被身体抛弃，我不得不向前看，我必须向前看，没有后退的路。然后我找到了一种状态：“好吧，我要尽我所能的工作，看会发生些什么？” 

——《风雨哈佛路》

一、你知道security有几种含义吗？

n.

1.安全，安全感 [U] the quality or state of being secure

Two guards looked after the security of the property.

两个警卫看管财产的安全。

 

2.防备，保安；防护，防御（措施） [U,C] something given, deposited, or pledged to make certain the fulfillment of an obligation

They tightened security during the President's visit.

他们在总统访问期间加强了安全防卫。

 

3.保证；保障；担保（品） [U,C] an instrument of investment in the form of a document (as a stock certificate or bond) providing evidence

A man's own good-breeding is his best security against other people's ill manners.

自身教养好是抵制他人无礼的最好保证。

 

4.证券，债券 [C]  documents proving that sb is the owner of shares

Every kind of fixed-interest bearing security is a promise to pay certain sums of money in the future.

每一种带有固定利息的证券都是种在将来付给一定数额货币的允诺。

 

二、含有security的常见短语

social security

社会福利事业,社会保险制度

 

government security

政府证券

 

security interest

担保物权

 

unlisted security

非上市证券，未挂牌证券

 

collective security

n. 集体安全

 

三、学会security的用法了吗？来做个填词游戏吧

It's your duty to superintend the ______ affairs.

主管安全保卫工作是你的职责。