单词 | ensure |
释义 | en·sure 1. obsolete a. b. 2. 3. < good farming practices go far to ensure good crops > < provisions to ensure the rank and file a voice in union policies > < his industry and ability will ensure his success in life > Synonyms: < certain rules of conduct for the purpose of ensuring the safety and victory of the absent warriors — J.G.Frazer > < for the remainder of his life he so constrained the expression of his thoughts as to ensure safety — H.O.Taylor > < shipbuilders, who wished to insure a profitable career for their vessels — American Guide Series: Michigan > < the structural division of the buildings, with no more than four apartments opening on any hallway, insures privacy and quiet — American Guide Series: New York City > < protected by game laws and reared in state hatcheries, this bird is now assured a permanent place among the game birds of the state — American Guide Series: Tennessee > < policies and plans for assuring the necessary labor force for defense and essential civilian production — Current Biography > assure is the usual form to express the notion of removal of doubt, uncertainty, or worry from a person's mind < I assured him that I was far from advising him to do anything so cruel — Joseph Conrad > < assured the inhabitants that France intended to grant autonomy — Current Biography > insure is now the general word for reference to making certain arrangements for indemnification for loss by contingent events < to insure the car against theft and fire damage > secure implies purposive action to ensure safety, protection, or certainty against adverse contingencies < lock the door to secure us from interruption — Charles Dickens > < one other battalion moved up to secure the first battalion's flank — Walter Bernstein > |
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