英语词汇“insure”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

insureinsure /ɪnˈʃʊr/ ●●○ verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYinsure

Origin: 1400-1500 Probably from ensure

VERB TABLE

insure

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	insure
	he, she, it	insures
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	insured
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have insured
	he, she, it	has insured
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had insured
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will insure
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have insured

Continuous Form
Present	I	am insuring
	he, she, it	is insuring
	you, we, they	are insuring
Past	I, he, she, it	was insuring
	you, we, they	were insuring
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been insuring
	he, she, it	has been insuring
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been insuring
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be insuring
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been insuring

1to buy insurance so that you will receive money if something bad happens to you, your family, your possessions, etc.: We insured all our valuables before the move.insure somebody/something against something Purchases made with the card are insured against theft.insure somebody/something for something The planes are insured for $3.1 million.2to agree to provide insurance for something or someone: No one will insure him because of his heart condition.insure somebody against something The insurance doesn’t insure us against flooding.3another spelling of ensureWORD CHOICE: insure, ensure, make sure• If you insure something, you pay money to an insurance company so that you will receive money if something bad happens to them or it: The apartment building is insured against earthquakes.• If you ensure (or insure) that something happens, you do things so that it will definitely happen. These words are more formal than make sure, which means the same thing: What can we do to ensure our success? What can we do to make sure we succeed?