assurance

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /əˈʃʊɹəns/|/əˈʃɝəns/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of assuring; a declaration intended to inspire full confidence; something designed to give confidence to someone. countable,uncountable
    — Whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
  2. The state of being assured; total confidence or trust; a lack of doubt; certainty; guarantee. countable,uncountable
    — Let us draw with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience.
  3. Firmness of mind; undoubting steadiness; intrepidity, courage, or self-confidence. countable,uncountable
    — the affairs of the Tarkish camp together with assurance
  4. Excessive boldness; impudence; audacity countable,uncountable
    — His assurance is intolerable.
  5. Betrothal; affiance. countable,obsolete,uncountable
  6. Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death. Assurance is used in relation to life contingencies, and insurance in relation to other contingencies. It is called temporary assurance, in the time within which the contingent event must happen is limited. countable,uncountable
  7. Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed. countable,uncountable
    — the legal evidences of the conveyance of property are called the common assurances of the kingdom.
  8. Subjective certainty of one's salvation. countable,uncountable

词形变化

assurances plural assuraunce alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
assurances blessed assurance decreasing term assurance endowment assurance increasing term assurance information assurance level term assurance life assurance nonassurance preassurance quality assurance reassurance self-assurance software assurance term assurance unassurance

词源

From Middle English assuraunce, from Old French asseürance, from asseürer; as if assure + -ance.
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