assure
英 [?'???; ?'???]
美[?'??r]
- vt. 保證；擔保；使確信；弄清楚
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詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?assures;過去式:?assured;過去分詞:?assured;現在分詞:?assuring;
助記提示
1. 一再保證。
中文詞源
assure 確信
前綴as- 同ad-. sure, 確信。
英文詞源
- assure
- assure: see insure
- assure (v.)
- late 14c., from Old French asseurer (12c., Modern French assurer) "to reassure, calm, protect, to render sure," from Vulgar Latin *assecurar, from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + securus "safe, secure" (see secure (adj.)). Related: Assured; assuring.
雙語例句
- 1. This may sound trivial, but I assure you it is quite important!
- 這聽上去也許微不足道，但是，相信我，它十分重要！
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He hastened to assure me that there was nothing traumatic to report.
- 他急忙向我保證沒有什么不快的事情要說。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Mr Brownson, I assure you King's an old enemy of mine.
- 布朗森先生，我向你保證金是我的老冤家。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Can you assure me that my father is not suffering?
- 你能保證我父親不會受罪嗎？
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. He hastened to assure us that the press would not be informed.
- 他急忙向我們保證新聞界是不會知道的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》