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单词 ensure
释义 en·sure
\ə̇nˈshu̇(ə)r, en-, -u̇ə\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English ensuren, from Anglo-French enseurer, probably alteration of Old French aseurer to assure — more at assure
1. obsolete
 a. : to make (one) sure (as by pledging, guaranteeing, convincing, or declaring) : assure
 b. : affiance, betroth; sometimes : marry, espouse
2. : insure 2
3. : to make sure, certain, or safe : guarantee
 < 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:
 insure, assure, secure: ensure, insure, and assure all indicate a making of an outcome or event sure, certain, or inevitable as a consequence or concomitant
  < 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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