underwrite
underwrite 英 [ˌʌndəˈraɪt] 美 [ˌʌndərˈraɪt]
vt. 给...保险；承诺支付；签在...下 vi. 经营保险业
进行时:underwriting 过去式:underwrote 过去分词:underwritten 第三人称单数:underwrites
- To underwrite is to insure or promise to be financially responsible in case of loss or damage. An insurance agent can underwrite your renter's insurance policy, which protects you if there's a fire or robbery, for example.
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- vt. 给...保险；承诺支付；签在...下
- vi. 经营保险业
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1. Some European sovereigns are too weak to play that role and there is credible doubt about how far the strong will go to underwrite the weak.
一些欧洲主权国家实力太弱,无法扮演担保者的角色,而且有理由质疑强国究竟能为弱国提供多大的帮助.
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2. The Singapore state-owned investment company will underwrite part of the offering, potentially boosting its stake to as much as 22 percent, the bank said yesterday.
这家新加坡的国家投资公司发表声明说它将会认购部分的权证来增加它的股份，但最多不超过22%。
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3. It is planning to support crop and livestock insurance for small-holders in developing countries by creating a company to underwrite index-based weather and other catastrophe risks.
它计划通过成立一个公司来承保建立在指数基础上的气候和其它灾害风险，以支持发展中国家小农户的庄稼和牲畜保险。
- underwrite (v.) Old English underwritan "write at the foot of; subscribe;" see under + write (v.). A loan-translation of Latin subscribere (see subscribe). Used literally at first; modern sense of "to accept the risk of insurance" (1620s) is from notion of signing a marine insurance policy. Meaning "to support by a guarantee of money" is recorded from 1890.
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