1. A minority enterprise that secures the business of one large corporate customer often runs the danger of becoming dependent. 一个少数民族企业如果要保证一个大企业客户的业务，往往会面临变得依赖的危险。
2. Therefore, a begging nestling that secures food at the expense of its siblings might actually leave behind fewer copies of its genes overall than it might otherwise. 因此，一只以其兄弟姐妹为代价来获取食物的乞食雏鸟实际上可能会比其它雏鸟留下更少的基因副本。
3. If the left secures a majority of seats in parliament, Socialist leader Lionel Jospin would likely become prime minister in a power-sharing arrangement with President Chirac. 如果左翼在议会中获得多数席位，社会党领袖莱昂内尔·若斯潘可能会成为总理，与总统希拉克分享权力。
4. A new title secures a valuable spot on a talk show. 在一个脱口秀节目，一本新书可确保中获得到一个重要位置。
5. Authority secures expertise in decision-making; and. 权威确保了决策制定的专业技能；以及。
