One way to hold assured: something has already been promised, so it has stopped moving. A seat, a result, a future — the question about it is closed, and nobody needs to keep checking. From that one picture the rest follow: the person who has been promised the thing, the person who carries that same steadiness in how they speak and move, and, in insurance papers, the person a company has formally promised to pay for.

assured 可以想成「已經有人把它擔保下來,所以它不再晃了」。一個名額、一個結果、一份未來,先被定住,後面就不必再確認。順著這個畫面,其他用法都長得出來:被擔保的那個人(be assured of)、把那份穩帶在身上的人(an assured manner)、以及保險文件裡被公司正式擔保的那個人(the assured)。

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原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

assuredadj/əˈʃʊəd/

  • 1

    Guaranteed; secure.

  • 2

    Self-confident; self-assured; sure.

    • Youngster Townsend caught the eye on the wing, with his fantastic goal capping a classy performance, while Danny Rose continued his rapid development with an assured display at full-back.
  • 3

    obsoleteReliable, confirmed.

    • What thinkſt thou man, ſhal come of our attempts? For euen as from aſſured oracle, I take thy doome for ſatiſfaction.

assurednoun/əˈʃʊəd/

  • 1

    An insured person.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

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