ensure

Word family

en·sure especially British EnglishBrE (also insure American EnglishAmE) /ɪnˈʃʊə $ -ˈʃʊr/ S2 W1 AWL verb [transitiveT]

CERTAINLY/DEFINITELYto make certain that something will happen properly 确保，保证 SYN make sure

facilities to ensure the safety of cyclists

确保骑车人安全的设施

ensure (that)

The hospital tries to ensure that people are seen quickly.

这家医院尽量确保人们可以迅速就诊。

In everyday English, people usually say make sure rather than ensure: 在日常英语中，人们一般说make sure，而不说ensure

Please make sure all the windows are closed.

请一定要把所有的窗户都关上。

Make sure is followed by a clause (with or without that), never a direct object: make sure 后接从句(that可有也可无)，绝对不跟直接宾语

regulations to ensure their safety → regulations to make sure (that) they are safe 确保他们安全的规定

Examples from the Corpus

ensure• Funds are urgently needed to ensure defence in the growing number of political trials and for needy families.• But it had been enough to ensure him, at least pictorially, a vicarious immortality.• She lost Lisa her job, she slept with her fella, ensuring more misery to come.• However, tension arose between the need for decentralization in order to ensure more technical efficiency and political fears of too much independence.• Anyone close to Laura could not fail to notice her ability to ensure reality remained in the next room.• The mobility of officials ensured that a variety of view-points are available for all districts.• Economic forces ensure that the same efficient allocation will happen in either case.• The Problem Administrator will ensure that timely action is taken to resolve the problem.• All the necessary steps had been taken to ensure their safety.

ensure (that)• We must ensure Brian Wilson's blank sheet of paper is full of good ideas before too long.• Grid A systematic division of a page into areas to enable designers to ensure consistency.• A: Some cooks say that basting does nothing to ensure moist meat; others swear by it.• This sum includes the cost of ensuring our case is ably orchestrated by John Popham - an essential requirement!• It must, therefore, ensure that it has the means within its membership to fulfil this inescapable obligation.• Cloned mutated genes were fully sequenced to ensure that the only changes were those required.• If necessary, coercion may be necessary to ensure that these issues are addressed.

Chinese

Syllable

Corpus