- If you assure your boss that you’ll finish your project by Tuesday, you are make a promise or commitment to have it done by Tuesday.
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- vt. 确保
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1. She's perfectly safe, I can assure you.
我可以向你保证，她绝对安全。
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2. We assured him of our support.
我们向他保证给予支持。
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3. He assured himself of her safety.
他确定她是安全的。
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4. Victory would assure a place in the finals.
胜利将确保能参加决赛。
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5. Victory would assure them a place in the finals.
胜利将确保他们能参加决赛。
- assure (v.) late 14c., "reassure, give confidence to; make secure or safe, protect; bind by a pledge, give a promise or pledge (to do something)," from Old French asseurer "to reassure, calm, protect, to render sure" (12c., Modern French assurer), from Vulgar Latin *assecurar, from assimilated form of Latin ad "to" (see ad-) + securus "safe, secure" (see secure (adj.)). Related: Assured; assuring.
as·sure ★ AWL / əˈʃʊə(r) ; əʃɔː(r) ; NAmE əˈʃʊr / verb 1 ★ to tell sb that sth is definitely true or is definitely going to happen, especially when they have doubts about it 使确信；向…保证 assuresb (that)… ◆ You think I did it deliberately, but I assure you (that) I did not. 你认为这是我故意干的，不过我向你保证不是的。 ◆ We were assured that everything possible was being done. 我们确信是在尽一切努力。 ◆ She's perfectly safe, I can assure you. 我可以向你保证，她绝对安全。 assuresb (of sth) ◆ We assured him of our support. 我们向他保证给予支持。 assuresb + speech ◆ ‘He'll come back,’ Susan assured her. “他会回来的。”苏珊安慰她道。 2 ( formal) to make yourself certain about sth 弄清；查明 assureyourself of sth ◆ He assured himself of her safety. 他确定她是安全的。 assureyourself that… ◆ She assured herself that the letter was still in the drawer. 她查清楚信仍然在抽屉里。 3 to make sth certain to happen 确保；使确定 SYN guarantee assuresth ◆ Victory would assure a place in the finals. 胜利将确保能参加决赛。 assuresb sth ◆ Victory would assure them a place in the finals. 胜利将确保他们能参加决赛。 4 assuresth ( BrE) to insuresth, especially against sb's death 保险（尤指人寿险） ◆ What is the sum assured? 人寿保险额是多少？ IDIOMsee rest v. assure assures assured assuring as·sure / əˈʃʊə(r) ; əʃɔː(r) ; NAmE əˈʃʊr /
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