基本的意思有“安全的”、“牢固的”,时政汉译英时常用它的“争取到”的意思,表示某种行为产生的结果,常用来翻译“实现”等意义,替换obtain/achieve/maitain。
Federalleaderscontinuedtheireffortstosecureaceasefire.
Theprincipleoffairnesssecuresastrongfoundation,acooperativeapproachgeneratesmomentumfordevelopment
Duringthepastyear,Chinahas,overall,achievedastableperformancewhileatthesametimesecuringprogressinitseconomicandsocialdevelopment.
以这样的速度保持较长时期发展,实现现代化的物质基础就会更加雄厚。
IfChina’seconomycangrowatthisrateforarelativelylongtime,wewillsecureamoresolidmaterialfoundationformodernization.
Wecontinuedtomakeprogressinsecuringfairaccesstoeducation.