【同义词辨析】 2018-01-12 安全safe-secure

safe: implies the risk HAS been run WITHOUT incurring harm or damage: arrived home ~ and sound; or stresses freedom from risks: kept her ~ from harm;  or suggests a character that eliminates or mimimizes risks: ~ investment.


secure: usually stress freedom from anxiety and apprehension of danger or risk based on grounds that are sound and sufficient: ~ themselves from the harm.


safe: 三种可能 1) 经历风险但未受损失,2) 免受风险, 3) 能消除降低风险,secure: 不必焦虑担心<--完善充分的根据(grounds)


记忆方法: 1)security充分完善safety


          2)一般个人小范围用safety,团体大范围用security.

            汉译英: 1. 人身安全     2. 国家安全
            答案:  1. personal safety      2. national security
     
         3)安全的意思是免于危险风险mean free from danger or risk.