mid-15c., "condition of being secure," from Latin securitas, from securus "free from care" (see secure). Replacing sikerte (early 15c.), from an earlier borrowing from Latin; earlier in the sense "security" was sikerhede (early 13c.); sikernesse (c. 1200).
Meaning "something which secures" is from 1580s; "safety of a state, person, etc." is from 1941. Legal sense of "property in bonds" is from mid-15c.; that of "document held by a creditor" is from 1680s. Phrase security blanket in figurative sense is attested from 1966, in reference to the crib blanket carried by the character Linus in the "Peanuts" comic strip (1956).
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1. It's an open secret that the security service bugged telephones.
安全部門竊聽電話是人人皆知的秘密。
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2. Today's Security Council resolution will be a significant success for American diplomacy.
今天的安理會決議對於美國外交而言是一次重大的成功。
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3. Wherever they went they were closely followed by security men.
不管上哪兒，保安人員都緊跟在他們身後。
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4. The exact locations are being kept secret for reasons of security.
確切地點因為安全原因要保密。
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5. The security zone was set up to prevent guerrilla infiltrations.