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    April 16

    insure,ensure,assure 的区别

     这三个动词的意思互有重叠,稍一不慎很容易就搞混。assure 意为「向...保证,使确信;使...放心」 ,其主要句型有 "assure + 受词 + of + 名词 (或动名词)" 和 "assure + 受词 + (that) 子句:"He assured his parents of his ability to pass the exam." (他向他父母保证他有能力通过考试);"I can assure (that) the medicine is perfectly safe." (我可以向你保证这药物绝对安全)。ensure 意为「确保,确使,使安全」:"If you want to ensure that you catch the plane, take a taxi. (如果你想要确保搭上那般飞机,那麼就要坐计程车)。insure 主要意为 「为...投保,为...保险」:"My house is insured against fire" (我的房子保了火险)。特别要注意的是,这三个字当中,只有 assure 有「使 (人) 放心」(set one's mind at rest) 的意思,且经常用在 "to rest assured" 这个惯用语中:"You can rest assured that we will do all we can." (请放心/你可以放心,我们会尽力而为);"The letter from her daughter set her mind at rest." (她女儿的来信使她放心了)。
    事情如果是这麼简单就好了。虽然英国和美国都使用 insure 来表示「投保、保险」的意思,但英国还使用 assure 来专指「投保人寿险 」;换言之,assure 只能用於投保人寿险,而 insure 则可用於各种保险,包括人寿险 -- 若以名词型态来表示,「人寿保险」在美国只有 "life insurance" 这个用语,而在英国则有 "life insurance" 和 "life assurance" 两种称呼 (insurance 和 assurance 分别为 insure 和 assure 的名词);注意:"insurance" 这个字的重音节一般字典都是标示为第二音节,但其实有不少英美人士把重音放在第一音节。再者,在美国,ensure 和 insure 往往可以互换;换言之,在美式英语中,insure 有时亦被用来表示 ensure 的意思。  

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