safe

英 [seɪf] 美[sef]

见house

used to indicate that one can do something without risk or worry on account of a specified fact

（用于表示因掌握了某种所说明的情况，做某事无风险或无需担忧）因了解…情况而做某事有把握

they used to recruit hundreds a year, safe in the knowledge that many would leave.
他们过去一年招收数百人，因为他们知道很多人会离去。

in order to have a margin of security against risks

为稳妥起见；以防万一

to be on the safe side, she had recorded everything.
为稳妥起见，她把一切都记录下来。

1. Just play it safe, cover your ass, keep your head down.: 要谨慎行事，保护好自己并保持低调。

2. Rock'n'roll has become so commercialised and safe since punk.: 摇滚乐自从朋克乐以后就已经过于商业化而缺乏新意了。

4. In order to make it safe, the element is electrically insulated.: 为安全起见，该元件作了电绝缘处理。

5. The nearest safe anchorage was in Halifax, Nova Scotia.: 最近的安全泊地在新斯科舍省的哈利法克斯。