assurance

英 [ə'ʃʊərəns] 美 [ə'ʃʊrəns]

• n. 保证，担保；确信；自信；保险

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]保证,担保,确信

   a firm statement that sth is certainly true or will certainly happen; promise

2. [U]把握,信心

   confident belief in one's own ability and power

3. [U](人寿)保险

   insurance against events that are certain rather than possible

英英释义

Noun:

1. freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities;

   "his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular"
   "after that failure he lost his confidence"
   "she spoke with authority"
   

2. a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something;

   "an assurance of help when needed"
   "signed a pledge never to reveal the secret"
   

3. a statement intended to inspire confidence;

   "the President's assurances were not respected"
   

4. a British term for some kinds of insurance

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. He gave me assurance in black and white.
   他给了我书面保证。
2. I have full assurance of his honesty.
   我完全相信他的诚实。
3. He gave me a definite assurance that the repairs would be finished tomorrow.
   他给我确切保证，修理将于明日完工。
4. They were waiting with assurance for me to discover the truth for myself.
   他们自信地等待我自己发现事实真相。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. She gave repeated assurances of her loyalty.
   她反复保证她的忠诚。
2. He gave us the assurance that he would offer us more support.
   他向我们保证,将给我们更多支持。
3. The young teacher lacked assurance in front of his class.
   这位青年教师在学生面前缺少自信心。
4. He has a life assurance.
   他投保了人寿保险。

经典引文

• But yet I'll make assurance double sure And take a bond of fate.

  出自：Macbeth , Shakespeare

• He spoke with assurance, but I could see the dawning of a doubt in his mind.

  出自： J. Buchan

• Like an ignorant fighter..he is exultant in the assurance of his knowledge and his power.

  出自： T. C. Wolfe

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• give an assurance 保证
• offer an assurance 提供保证
• receive an assurance 得到保证

形容词+～

• easy assurance 从容自信
• full assurance 充分相信

名词+～

• life assurance 人寿保险

介词+～

• be amazed at sb's assurance 为某人的大胆感到惊异
• an air of assurance 傲慢的态度
• speak with assurance 充满自信地讲话

～+介词

• assurance of future achievement 未来成功的保证
• assurance of manner 自信的态度
• assurance of safety 确信安全

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. assurance的基本意思是“保证,担保,确信”,常与介词about, of等连用,也可接that引起的同位语从句,从句中谓语动词可用虚拟式。
2. assurance还可作对自己能力、力量、方法等的“把握,自信”解,是不可数名词。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

assurance, insurance

• 这两个名词的共同意思是“保险”。insurance指向保险公司缴纳一定的费用,为健康、伤亡或财产等各类保险,也指保险单、保险费、保险业赔偿金等; assurance是英式英语,表示对将来必定要发生的事进行保险,专指人寿保险。

certainty，assurance，conviction

• 这些名词均含有“确信无疑”之意。
• certainty指在客观上和主观上都无一丝一毫的怀疑。
• assurance侧重依靠个人力量、本能、方法或对其他人或事的完全信任，强调有信心。
• conviction多指在理性基础上清除了原有的疑虑或无把握，着重对证据的主观反应。

pledge，guarantee，assurance

• 这些名词均有“保证，担保”之意。
• pledge普通用词，指严肃地承诺、信守原则，常以个人名誉作为承诺的保证。
• guarantee一般指以口头的、协定或合同的形式作为保证、担保，强调口头承诺，含违背许诺，则予以补偿之意。
• assurance指用语言保证以消除人们思想上的怀疑与担心。

近反义词

【近义词】

• certainty
• confidence
• promise

【反义词】

• diffidence 无自信