单词 | assure |
释义 | assure (əʃʊəʳ ) Word forms: assures , assuring , assured 1. verb B2 If you assure someone that something is true or will happen, you tell them that it is definitely true or will definitely happen, often in order to make them less worried. He hastened to assure me that there was nothing traumatic to report. [VERB noun that] 'Are you sure the raft is safe?' she asked anxiously. 'Couldn't be safer,' Max assured her confidently. [VERB noun with quote] Government officials recently assured Hindus of protection. [VERB noun + of] 2. See also assured 3. verb To assure someone of something means to make certain that they will get it. Real Madrid's 2-1 victory has all but assured them of the title. [VERB noun + of] Ways must be found to assure our children a decent start in life. [VERB noun noun] 4. I can assure you/let me assure you phrase B2 You use phrases such as I can assure you or let me assure you to emphasize the truth of what you are saying. [emphasis] I can assure you that the animals are well cared for. This may sound trivial, but I assure you it is quite important! And let me assure you I will use whatever force is necessary to restore order. Collocations: assure quality To assure quality of patient care the procedure involves a multidisciplinary team consisting of a neurosurgeon, radiation oncologist, and medical physicist. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 To assure quality, all citations and footnotes are verified, often double-checked, by production editors and carefully copy edited. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Nevertheless, he says most buyers still have the usual criteria of beauty, assured quality and rarity. Times, Sunday Times It appears though that they told the company they could not assure safety if drilling continued, which may amount to the same thing. Times, Sunday Times Both ends of the runway now contain facilities to guide night landing and better assure safety in bad weather conditions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Current toy safety standards focus on design principles and rely on batch testing of samples to assure safety. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The determined attack of a parent crane often assures safety from predators, but occasional losses to predation are inevitable. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Quality of care or quality of service was defined in terms of organizational processes, with particular emphases on assuring safety, health, and security. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Politicians and generals must resist the temptation to view this strategy as a model that will assure success in every conflict. Times, Sunday Times They could not stop the deal going through: the buyout group and its allies held 71% of the shares, so were assured success. Times, Sunday Times Winning it often assures success for an artist who might have been hard to place, but it rarely curries favour with the critics purported to have made the choice. Times, Sunday Times He has been under pressure from his party to pass legislation earlier to assure voters he will not change his mind. Times, Sunday Times She ran advertisements to assure voters she was still fit to serve. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Various technologies can be used to assure voters that their vote was cast correctly, detect possible fraud or malfunction, and to provide a means to audit the original machine. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 确告 Japanese: 確約する |
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