reassure

英 [ˌriːə'ʃʊə(r)] 美 [ˌriːə'ʃʊr]

• v. 使…安心；再保证；重拾(信心等)

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. (使)安心

   remove the fears or doubts of

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 再向...保证，重新向…保证
2. 使安心，劝慰，（使）放心，使...感到安心，使...宽心，叫...心神安静
3. <英>给...再保险，再对...进行保险
4. （使）消除心头的疑虑，打消…的疑虑
5. 再鼓舞...的信心， （使）恢复信心， 重拾（信心等）
6. 沉着，使...重新镇静下来

英英释义

Verb:

1. cause to feel sure; give reassurance to;

   "The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe"
   

2. give or restore confidence in; cause to feel sure or certain;

   "I reassured him that we were safe"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. The police reassured her about the child's safety.
   警察让她放心，她的孩子很安全。
2. We went to the hospital to reassure ourselves about his condition.
   我们去医院查明他的病情以使我们安心。
3. The manager tried to reassure her that she will not lose her job.
   经理试图使她解除疑虑,她是不会失去工作的。
4. A glance in the mirror reassured him that his tie wasn't crooked.
   他照了一下镜子，领带确实没有戴歪。
5. Let me reassure you (that) your service is quite satisfying.
   让我向您保证,您的服务是很令人满意的。
6. This seemed to reassure him and he continued more confidently.
   这似乎使他放心一点，于是他更有信心地继续说了下去。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. The doctor reassures the sick man.
   医生让他的病人消除对健康的疑虑。
2. The teacher's calmness during the storm reassured the children.
   老师在暴风雨中表现出的镇静安定了学生。
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3. People are reassured.
   人心安定了。

引出直接引语

1. “You're positive no one knows we are out of town?”“No one,I'm positive.”Adcock reassured him.
   “你肯定没人知道我们出城吗?”“是的,我敢肯定。”阿德科安慰他说。

用作双宾动词

S+～+ n./pron. +that-clause

1. I was trying to reassure her that things weren't as bad as she thought.
   我设法安慰她说事情并不像她想象的那样糟糕。
2. Reassure him that we shall go.
   再向他们保证我们要去。

经典引文

• A car drew up...I was alarmed, then reassured when I saw it was a taxi.

  出自： P. Theroux

• 'It's a good sign to be nervous,' Hugh reassured me.

  出自： E. Longford

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

reassure about (v.+prep.)

宽慰 comfort; console
reassure sb about sth
The doctor reassured the sick man about his health.

医生安慰病人不要为健康担心。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• reassure the sick man 消除病人对健康的疑虑

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. reassure的基本意思是打消别人的疑虑或安慰某人。引申可指“向…保证”。既可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,可接名词或代词作宾语。也可接双宾语,直接宾语可由that从句充当。
2. 在非正式语体中, reassure能引出直接引语,作“宽慰某人”解。
3. reassure与about连用,意思是“宽慰,消除疑虑”。

近反义词

【近义词】

• assure 使确信
• comfort 舒适
• support 支持
• encourage 鼓励
• soothe 缓和
• calm 平静的
• bolster 长枕
• uplift 鼓舞
• cheer 欢呼
• solace 安慰

【反义词】

• worry 撕咬