insure
verbVerb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they insure | |
| he / she / it insures | |
| past simple insured | |
| past participle insured | |
| -ing form insuring |
- [transitive, intransitive]
to buy insurance so that you will receive money if your property, car, etc. gets damaged or stolen, or if you get ill or die 投保；给…保险 - insure something/yourself (for something)
The painting is insured for $1 million. 这幅油画投了 100 万美元的保险。 - insure something/yourself (against something)
The car is insured against fire and theft. 这辆车保了火险和偷窃险。 Luckily he had insured himself against long-term illness. 幸运的是，他为自己投保了长期病险。 - (figurative)
Having a lot of children is a way of insuring themselves against loneliness in old age. 养很多孩子是他们预防老年孤寂的一种办法。 - insure against something
We strongly recommend insuring against sickness or injury. 我们强烈建议投伤病保险。
- insure something/yourself (for something)
- [transitive] insure somebody/something
to sell insurance to somebody for something 接受投保；承保 - (especially North American English) (also ensure British and North American English)
to make sure that something happens or is definite 确保： 确保某事发生或确定
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘assure someone of something’): alteration of ensure.