assurance

n

• ① 保证,担保;承诺
  • She gave repeated assurances of your honesty.她一再保证你的诚实。
  • He gave me a definite assurance that the repairs would be finished by the end of the week.他给我确切保证,最迟到周末修理匪即可完成。

• ② 【主英】(人寿)保险(=【美】insurance)→life assurance

• ③ 确信
  • We have full assurance of success.我们对成功有充分的信心。
  • Nothing can shake our assurance that we will succeed.任何事物都动摇不了我们会成功的信心。

• ④ 自信,把握
  • I can say with assurance, "He will win."我可以有自信地说:「他会。」
  • an easy assurance of manner悠然自信的态度

• ⑤ 厚颜,无耻
  • He had the assurance to claim that he was an expert in psychoanalysis.他竟有脸声称自己是精神分析家。