assurance
assurance 英 [əˈʃʊərəns] 美 [əˈʃʊrəns]
n. 保证；担保; 自信,保险
名词复数:assurances
- An assurance is a vote of confidence. If you give your friend an assurance that you'll be there, you'd better show up.
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- n. 保证；担保; 自信,保险
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1. He gave me assurance in black and white.
他给了我书面保证。
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2. He has a life assurance.
他投保了人寿保险.
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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.
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4. I have full assurance of his honsety.
我完全相信他的诚实.
- assurance (n.) late 14c., "formal or solemn pledge, promise," also "certainty, full confidence," from Old French asseurance "assurance, promise; truce; certainty, safety, security" (11c., Modern French assurance), from asseurer "to reassure, to render sure" (see assure). Meaning "self-confident" is from 1590s. The word had a negative tinge 18c., often suggesting impudence or presumption.
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