2CERTAINLY/DEFINITELYto make something certain to happen or to be achieved 确保,保证SYN ensure
Excellent reviews have assured the film’s success.
这部影片获得好评保证了它的卖座。
assure somebody (of) something
A win on Saturday will assure them of promotion to Division One.
他们星期六的比赛如能获胜就可以保证晋升到甲级。
3assure yourselfformal to check that something is correct or true 弄清,查明
assure yourself that
Tim waited a moment to assure himself that he was not being followed.
蒂姆等了一会儿,以确定自己没被跟踪。
assure yourself of
I took steps to assure myself of her guilt.
我采取行动查明她的罪行。
Examples from the Corpus
assure of• Goldwater, a plain-spoken Arizonan, had assured himself of a first-ballot nomination by defeating Rockefeller in the Californiaprimary.• As we will see shortly, it is much simpler to assure ourselves ofgains from trade if it is true.• He assures himself of my guilt.• Having assured itself of that source, however, doesn't translate into a positivefactor - merely a neutral one.
4.the sum assuredformal the amount of insurance money to be paid out when someone dies 人寿保险额