assure
英 [?'???; ?'???]
美[?'??r]
- vt. 保证；担保；使确信；弄清楚
CET6CET4TEM4IELTSGRE考研TOEFL中低频词核心词汇
词态变化
第三人称单数:?assures;过去式:?assured;过去分词:?assured;现在分词:?assuring;
助记提示
1. 一再保证。
中文词源
assure 确信
前缀as- 同ad-. sure, 确信。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. This may sound trivial, but I assure you it is quite important!
- 这听上去也许微不足道，但是，相信我，它十分重要！
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. He hastened to assure me that there was nothing traumatic to report.
- 他急忙向我保证没有什么不快的事情要说。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Mr Brownson, I assure you King's an old enemy of mine.
- 布朗森先生，我向你保证金是我的老冤家。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Can you assure me that my father is not suffering?
- 你能保证我父亲不会受罪吗？
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. He hastened to assure us that the press would not be informed.
- 他急忙向我们保证新闻界是不会知道的.
来自《简明英汉词典》