v.使…安心；再保證；重拾(信心等)

The police reassured her about the child's safety. 警察讓她放心，她的孩子很安全。

We went to the hospital to reassure ourselves about his condition. 我們?nèi)メt(yī)院查明他的病情以使我們安心。

The manager tried to reassure her that she will not lose her job. 經(jīng)理試圖使她解除疑慮,她是不會(huì)失去工作的。

A glance in the mirror reassured him that his tie wasn't crooked. 他照了一下鏡子，領(lǐng)帶確實(shí)沒有戴歪。

Let me reassure you (that) your service is quite satisfying. 讓我向您保證,您的服務(wù)是很令人滿意的。

This seemed to reassure him and he continued more confidently. 這似乎使他放心一點(diǎn)，于是他更有信心地繼續(xù)說了下去。

reassure的基本意思是打消別人的疑慮或安慰某人。引申可指“向…保證”。既可用作及物動(dòng)詞,也可用作不及物動(dòng)詞。用作及物動(dòng)詞時(shí),可接名詞或代詞作賓語。也可接雙賓語,直接賓語可由that從句充當(dāng)。

在非正式語體中, reassure能引出直接引語,作“寬慰某人”解。

reassure與about連用,意思是“寬慰,消除疑慮”。