许多同学在学习ensure, insure 和 assure 三个英语单词时,总是会混淆用法。 今天张老师想通过这篇文章帮助大家弄清楚这三个单词的区别。
首先,ensure, insure 和 assure 均来自于拉丁文“securus”,意思是“使变得安全或确保”。这也是为什么大家难以区分这三个单词,因为他们有着相同通的词根,且意思非常接近。
何时使用 Ensure
Ensure :确保某件事发生或不发生(to make sure that something will (or won’t) happen or be the case)
- The airline is taking steps to ensure safety on its aircraft. (航空公司正在采取措施以确保其航班的飞行安全。)
- The role of the police is to ensure (that) the law is obeyed.(警察的职责就是确保法律得到遵守。)
Ensure 区别于另外两个单词的核心点在于:ensure后面只能接“事件或状态(events or states of being)”,而不能接实物(things)。例如:ensure a car就是错误的用法。
何时使用 Insure
Insure:给...上保险(protect oneself financially by insurance)
- The house is insured for two million dollars.(该房子投保了200万英镑。)
- You should insure your house against accidental damage.(你应该给房子购买意外损失险。)
- I'm not insured to drive his car.(我没有相关的保险,不能开他的车。)
Insure 与ensure的不同之处在于,insure后面只能接实物(things),而ensure后面接事件(events)。因此,We insure our house, our car, and our business
何时使用 AssureAssure:(尤指为消除其忧虑而)确定地对…说,向…保证,使确信;让…放心 (to tell someone confidently that something is true, especially so that they do not worry)
- The unions assured the new owners of the workers' loyalty to the company.(工会向新企业主保证,工人们对公司是忠诚的。)
- She assured him (that) the car would be ready the next day.(她向他保证说他的车第二天就能修好。)
因此,We assure people that their concerns are being addressed(我们使用assure向人们保证他们的忧虑会被解决).
小测试,看看你究竟掌握这三个单词的区别没有
- Greg ______ me we were going in the correct direction.
- This table should be ______ for at least $3,000.
- In order to ______ a pleasant trip, we ask for your cooperation.
- My colleague ______ me that he ______ the accounts, ______ that we were in the clear.
你知道这几个空的答案吗?欢迎回帖讨论!
大家还可以观看该视频讲解了解这三个词的区别:终于明白ensure、insure和assure的区别了
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