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safekeeping

/seyf-kee-ping/US // ˈseɪfˈki pɪŋ //UK // (ˈseɪfˈkiːpɪŋ) //

保管,保管好,保全,保管好自己

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of keeping safe or the state of being kept safe; protection; care; custody.

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Examples

  • In Tennessee, for example, county administrators send people awaiting trial to the state prison because local jails are too crowded, under that state’s so-called safekeeping law.

  • The Perseverance team will spend a bit of time imaging the contents and verifying that a sample is indeed inside, and then the rover will go ahead and stow the sample for safekeeping.

  • This was material that was buried for safekeeping, almost like a safety deposit box that was never claimed.

  • If the princes were quietly sent abroad for safekeeping, they probably resurfaced later, one at a time, to claim the throne.

  • It never occurred to her that I fell into the books—that I put myself inside them for safekeeping.

  • Caylee Anthony's skull and other artifacts were carefully gathered up for safekeeping until justice could be found.

  • For safekeeping, Cage housed them at his Bel Air pad in museum-like glass cases.

  • Juno had left these apples with the Hesperides for safekeeping.

  • One leaves a mark with you for safekeeping and pays you a penny the year to guard it.

  • His guards were opening the cell door when a second shock was felt and he was thrust into safekeeping with no ceremony.

  • Everything was done up carefully and put away for safekeeping, as became a house that is to be long untenanted.

  • It was his custom to carry in his blankets, for safekeeping, his long spyglass, a pair of dry moccasins and a buckskin tunic.