secure
/sɪˈkjʊə/
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- 2 syllables
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- 2nd syllable stress
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- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
sɪ - ˈkjʊə -> secure
(adj) လုံခြုံ (adv) လုံခြုံစွာ
၁။ ~ (about sth ) လုံခြုံသော။ စိတ်ချသော။ စိတ်အေးလက်အေးရှိသော။ feel secure about one's future ❍ Children need to feel secure. ❍ She was happy, secure in the knowledge that her family loved and respected her.
၂။ သေချာသော။ အာမခံချက်ရှိသော။ make a secure investment ❍ have a secure job ❍ Her place in the history books is secure.
၃။ ~ (against/from sth ) လုံခြုံ စိတ်ချရသော။ အကာအကွယ်ရှိသော။ The strongroom is as secure as we can make it. ❍ Are we secure from attack here? ❍ When you're insured, you're secure against loss.
၄။ ခိုင်သော။ ခိုင်မာသော။ တောင့်သော။ a secure base/foundation/foothold ❍ Is that ladder secure?
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၁။ ~ sth (for sb/sth ) (fml ) ရယူနိုင်ခဲ့သည်။ secure a bank loan ❍ They've secured government backing for the project. ❍ The film secured him recognition as an actor. ဒီဇာတ်ကားနှင့်သူဟာ မင်းသားအဖြစ် အသိအမှတ်ပြု ခံယူနိုင်ခဲ့တယ်။
၂။ ချည်သည်။ နှောင်သည်။ တည်းသည်။ ပိတ်သည်။ Secure all the doors and windows before leaving. မထွက်ခင် တံခါးတွေ၊ ပြတင်းတွေ သေသေချာချာပိတ်။
၃။ ~ sth (against/from sth ) ကာကွယ်ထားသည်။ secure a building (from collapse) ❍ Can the town be secured against attack? ❍ (fig ) The new law secures the rights of the mentally ill. ❏ securely adv သေသေချာချာ။ ခိုင်ခိုင်။ မြဲမြဲ။ securely bolted/fastened/fixed.
- He secured widespread support among the party’s senior members.
- [secure someone’s release] : We are seeking their assistance in securing the release of the hostages.
- [secure a victory] : The team secured their second victory of the season.
- A police escort secured the route of the American president.
- We have done our best to secure the embassy against terrorist attacks.
- Screws secure the steel bars to the window frame.
- A pile of letters secured with a piece of string
- The loan is secured by a mortgage on our house.
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