
vt.使確信;使放心;確保
Her success as an actress was now assured. 她當(dāng)演員很成功,已毋庸置疑了。
They tried to assure him of their willingness to work. 他們盡力使他相信他們樂意工作。
I can assure you that your son will be happy here. 我可以向你保證,你兒子在這里會很快樂的。
They were assured that everything possible was being done. 已經(jīng)向他們保證,凡是可能做的都做到了。
assure指“使……確信”,不是指“確信”,因此,在使用時要注意在前面加上助動詞。 I am assured of his honesty.我確信他很誠實。 I am assured that he is honest.不可以直接說I assure his honesty。
涉及到“保險”時,我們習(xí)慣用insure,而不是assure,如insure her car。不過assure也有指“保險”的意思,如assure her life指“為她保人壽險”;
在指“確保”時,ensure的用法比assure更加普遍。 His work assured him a degree of happiness.他的工作確保給他帶來了一定程度的幸福感。 His work ensured him a degree of happiness.第二句的用法更為普遍。
Life assurance通常是指到了指定日期或死亡所支付的特定金額的保險,而insurance通常帶一定的風(fēng)險性,若是在指定的日期內(nèi)沒有死亡,過了那個日期死亡的話,是不會得到保險賠償?shù)摹?
v.(動詞)assure是及物動詞,可接名詞或代詞(不可接that從句)作簡單賓語。
assure可接雙賓語,這時表物的賓語須由介詞of引出; 表人的賓語如置于表物的賓語后,則須由介詞to(而非for)引出,如置于表物的賓語之前,則不必搭配介詞。
assure后接表物的賓語時,可由that從句或動詞不定式充當(dāng)。
assure不可以直接接帶that的從句,它必須先帶個賓語,才能接從句。例如: 我能保證他們和我們在一起非常安全。誤:I assure they'll be perfectly safe withus.正:I assure you〔her〕 they'll be perfectlysafe with us.
v.使…安心;再保證;重拾(信心等)