词汇精选:assure的用法和辨析
一、详细释义:
v.
向…保证,使…确信,使…放心 [T]
例句:
I can assure you that he is sincere.
我可以向你保证他是诚恳的。
例句:
They tried to assure him of their willingness to work.
他们尽力使他相信他们乐意工作.
例句:
I can assure you that he is sincere.
我可以向你保证他是诚恳的。
弄清楚 [T]
例句:
I must assure myself of the real situation.
我必须查明真实情况。
例句:
She assured herself that no one was left on the bus.
她弄清楚没人留在公共汽车上。
保证,确保;担保,给…保险 [T]
例句:
A group of firms may from a syndicate to pool the risk and assure successful distribution of the issue.
这样的集团公司可能来自一个财团,实行风险共担,确保股票成功发行。
例句:
In this age of thermonuclear technology, neither view can assure man's preservation.
在当今的热核技术时代,这两种观点都不足以保障人类的生存。
二、词义辨析:
ensure,insure,assure,guarantee,pledge,promise
这些动词都有“保证”之意。ensure侧重使人相信某个行为或力量产生的结果。insure常与ensure换用,但前者多指经济方面的保证、保险。assure侧重指消除某人思想上的怀疑或担心,从而有达到目的的保证感,但不如ensure普通。guarantee指对事物的品质或人的行为及履行义务、义务等承担责任的保证。pledge正式用词,指通过郑重许诺、协议或立誓等保证承担某一义务或遵守某一原则。promise侧重表自己的主观意向,设法用语言使人感到稳当可靠。
三、参考例句:
Nothing can assure permanent happiness.
没有什么东西能确保永久的幸福。
Nothing can assure permanent peace.
没有什么能确保永久和平。
We candled the eggs to assure quality.
为保证质量,我们对着光检查了蛋。
I can assure you of his reliability.
我可以使你确信他是可靠的。
Nothing will assure permanent happiness to me.
没有什么能保证我永久的幸福。
I can assure you of its quality.
它的质量我可以向你保证。
I assure you it was not deliberate.
请相信我,这不是故意的。
I assure you they talk nonsense.
我向你保证他们胡说八道。
I can assure you of his reliability.
我可以使你确信他是可靠的。
We book early to assure ourselves of seats.
我们及早订票以确保有座。