assure
- IPA[əˈʃɔː]
英式
- tell someone something positively to dispel any doubts；make sure of something
verb: assure, 3rd person present: assures, gerund or present participle: assuring, past tense: assured, past participle: assured
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. tell someone something positively to dispel any doubts Tony assured me that there was a supermarket in the village ‘I quite understand,’ Mrs Lewis assured her 同義詞
- ▪ make sure of something she assured herself that he was asleep
- 2. make (something) certain to happen victory was now assured their influence assured that the report would be tough
- ▪ be certain to get you would be assured of a welcome 同義詞
- 3. British cover (a life) by assurance we guarantee to assure your life 同義詞
- ▪ secure the future payment of (an amount) with insurance the sum assured can be paid as a lump sum
