Assurance
[ ə'ʃʊrəns ]
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n. 保证，担保;（人寿）保险;确信;厚脸皮，无耻;
💡 词根助记
as 一再 + sur 肯定 + ance 表名词，状态、 、行为 → n. 保证 ;把握 ;(人寿)保险
📝 例句
I want your assurance that nobody can put a stick in the wheels.
我要求你担保没有人会从中作梗。
They answered with assurance that it was against the rules.
他们很有把握地回答说那是违反规定的。
The teacher lacked assurance in front of his class.
那位教师在学生面前缺乏自信。
He wanted assurance that he had transcended what was inherently ambiguous.
他要证明，他已经超越了本来就是混淆不清的事情。
He had the assurance to ask me for money.
他竟厚着脸皮向我要钱。
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
ad-在s前变为as-
表示“在；使；向”
📖 牛津释义
assurance
n
1 (also self-assurance) [U]
confident belief in one's own abilities and powers 自信; 把握
act with, display, possess assurance 有把握, 有信心, 胸有成竹
She shows remarkable assurance on stage for one so young. 她小小年纪, 在台上却泰然自若.
2 [C] statement expressing certainty about sth; promise 保证; 担保
He gave me an assurance that it would be ready by Friday. 他向我保证星期五一定准备好.
Despite repeated assurances he failed to repay the money he had borrowed. 他尽管再三保证, 但是借去的钱却始终没还.
3 [U] (esp Brit) insurance, esp on sb's life 保险（尤指人寿）
a life assurance policy 人寿保险单.
🎯 考研助记
后缀:ance 构成抽象名词
🔁 扩展释义
*[ә'ʃuәrәns]n. 保证, 把握, 信心, 保险【经】 保证, 担保, 保险
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His wife just found out about his mistress.
他的妻子刚刚发现了他有外遇。
Custom is a second nature.
习惯是第二天性。
Yes, thanks. How's Kate?
很好，谢谢。凯特好吗？