Front | safeguard |
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Pron | ['seɪfɡɑːrd] |
Back | 【SAFEGUARD】 Keeping clean is a safeguard against disease. 保持清洁是抵抗疾病的保障。 【重点词汇】 safeguard n. 保持 同: protection |
Vocab | safeguarda precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.
A safeguard is a defense or precaution. You could describe a flu shot as a safeguard against getting sick, for example. Safeguards protect against something negative, whether it's an attacking army invading a country or a boy you don't like much asking you to the prom. A store's security system is a safeguard against theft, and a secret password is a safeguard against your sister reading your email. You can use it as a verb too: "We clearly need to safeguard our Halloween candy so Mom and Dad don't steal it after we go to bed." All forms of 'safeguard' will appear on average once every 915 pages. safeguard |
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