Assurance

[ə'ʃʊər(ə)ns] or [ə'ʃʊrəns]

解释:

(noun.) freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities; 'his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular'; 'after that failure he lost his confidence'; 'she spoke with authority'.

(noun.) a statement intended to inspire confidence; 'the President's assurances were not respected'.

(noun.) a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something; 'an assurance of help when needed'; 'signed a pledge never to reveal the secret'.

(noun.) a British term for some kinds of insurance.

康拉德编辑--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; that which is designed to give confidence.

(n.) The state of being assured; firm persuasion; full confidence or trust; freedom from doubt; certainty.

(n.) Firmness of mind; undoubting, steadiness; intrepidity; courage; confidence; self-reliance.

(n.) Excess of boldness; impudence; audacity; as, his assurance is intolerable.

(n.) Betrothal; affiance.

(n.) Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death.

(n.) Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed.

录入:曼蒂

同义词及近义词：

n. [1]. Security, certainty, conviction, persuasion, pledge of certainty, ground of confidence.[2]. Promise, engagement, word of honor.[3]. Affirmation, assertion, declaration, protestation, asseveration, averment, avowal.[4]. Intrepidity, courage, confidence, firmness, self-reliance.[5]. Boldness, effrontery, brass, impudence, impertinence, presumption, CHEEK, face, front.[6]. (Law.) Insurance.

手打:凯勒

同义词及反义词：

SYN:Arrogance, impudence, boldness, self-confidence, selfreliance, promise,assertion, presumption, effrontery, self-assertion

ANT:Distrust, timidity, bashfulness,[See {[mis^ivin^']?}], self-distrust,consternation

整理:贾丝廷