safeguard
英['seɪfgɑːd]
美['sefɡɑrd]
- n. [安全] 保护；保卫；保护措施
- vt. [安全] 保护，护卫
词态变化
复数: safeguards;第三人称单数: safeguards;过去式: safeguarded;过去分词: safeguarded;现在分词: safeguarding;
中文词源
safeguard 安全，保障，捍卫
safe,安全的，guard,保卫。
英文词源
- safeguard (n.)
- late 14c., "protection, safety," from Middle French sauvegarde "safekeeping, safeguard" (13c.), from Old French salve, sauve (fem. of sauf; see safe (adj.)) + garde "a keeping" (see guard (n.)). Meaning "something that offers security from danger" is recorded from late 15c.
- safeguard (v.)
- mid-15c., from safeguard (n.). Related: Safeguarded; safeguarding.
双语例句
- 1. The problem was to safeguard sites from encroachment by property development.
- 问题是要保护遗址免受房地产开发商的侵占。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Many people took second jobs as a safeguard against unemployment.
- 许多人为防失业都干两份工作。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. to safeguard a person's interests
- 维护某人的利益
来自《权威词典》
- 4. It is obligatory on every citizen to safeguard our great motherland.
- 保卫我们伟大的祖国是每一个公民应尽的义务.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. Keeping clean is a safeguard against disease.
- 保持清洁是抵御疾病的防护措施.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》