Assure
[ə'ʃʊə;ə'ʃɔː] or [ə'ʃʊr]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence; 'I assured him that traveling to Cambodia was safe'.
(verb.) inform positively and with certainty and confidence; 'I tell you that man is a crook!'.
格罗夫斯整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To make sure or certain; to render confident by a promise, declaration, or other evidence.
(v. t.) To declare to, solemnly; to assert to (any one) with the design of inspiring belief or confidence.
(v. t.) To confirm; to make certain or secure.
(v. t.) To affiance; to betroth.
(v. t.) To insure; to covenant to indemnify for loss, or to pay a specified sum at death. See Insure.
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同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Make certain or sure, free from doubt or uncertainty.[2]. Embolden, encourage, enhearten, hearten, make confident.[3]. Declare to (confidently and earnestly), vouch to, avow to, protest to, warrant.[4]. (Law.) Insure, agree to indemnify for loss, secure against loss.
編輯:韦德
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Advise, advertise, promise, inform, {[i]?}, rally, console, encourage,countenance, aid, support, convince, uphold, certify
ANT:Misinform, misadvise, mislead, deceive, discomfit, disconceit, deter,discourage, warn, dissuade, unsettle, intimidate
校對:塞尔玛
解釋/意思:
v.t. to make sure or secure: to give confidence: (Shak.) to betroth: to tell positively: to insure.—adj. Assur′able.—n. Assur′ance confidence: feeling of certainty: self-reliance: impudence: positive declaration: insurance as applied to lives: the securing of a title to property: (theol.) subjective certainty of one's salvation: a solemn declaration or promise a certain proof: surety warrant.—adj. Assured′ certain: without doubt: insured: overbold.—adv. Assur′edly.—ns. Assur′edness; Assur′er one who gives assurance: an insurer or underwriter: one who insures his life.
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例句/造句/用法:
- I now take my farewell of your ladyship, and assure you that there's no danger of your ever being waited on by me again. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- I never had, I do assure you, sir! 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- I do assure you that my intimacy has not yet taught me _that_. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- I assure you there is nothing, my dear sir. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- I assure you I have no desire to be controversial. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- Polemarchus and I may have been guilty of a little mistake in the argument, but I can assure you that the error was not intentional. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- I could only assure myself that the way was clear, and then leave the house with the two letters safe in my pocket. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- It was a hard one, but you shall be assured, indeed, that I have learned it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Be assured, that for my own sake, as well as your's, I will not rashly encounter danger. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- With the opening of this line the success of the railroad as a practical means of conveyance became assured. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Margaret might be assured he would take every precaution against being tracked by Leonards. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- I had assured myself that the man was sober as well as civil before I let her enter the vehicle. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- I am returned to Mansfield in a less assured state than when I left it. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Elinor, rejoiced to be assured of his being in London, now ventured to say, Depend upon it, he will call again tomorrow. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- Major Murphy, to whom I owe most of my facts, assures me that he has never heard of any misunderstanding between the pair. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- My Lady, with a disdainful gesture of the hand that holds the screen, assures him of his being worth no complaint from her. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Only the single, the uniform, assures coherence and harmony. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- The account of what was imported under register, he assures us, is exact. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Increased intelligence assures perpetuation of other species in novel and unf oreseen conditions. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Your manner, no less than your actions, assures me that you have never forgotten it, or ceased to think of it with bitterness,' returned Mr. Brownlow. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- Bonajutus assures us, that of 18,914 inhabitants, 18,000 perished therein. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- By assuring me that my kinswoman is my sincere friend? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Shall we begin by assuring him that he is welcome to any knowledge which he may have, and that we are rejoiced at his having it? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- I caught a glimpse of rushing figures, and a moment later the voice of Holmes from within assuring them that it was a false alarm. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- We were impressed that it could circle on forever, or sail like a bird over the country, so positive and assuring and complete was this demonstration. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- I invented news of the most pacifying kind, assuring her that she was about to see her sister at my house. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Miss Jellyby proceeded, after begging Peepy's pardon with a kiss and assuring him that she hadn't meant to do it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- With such a retrospect, the sage of the Nineteenth Century may lie down to quiet rest, with an assuring faith that what God hath wrought is good, and what is not may yet be. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
編輯:罗达