Assure

(verb.) assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence; 'I assured him that traveling to Cambodia was safe'.

(verb.) inform positively and with certainty and confidence; 'I tell you that man is a crook!'.

格罗夫斯整理

• I now take my farewell of your ladyship, and assure you that there's no danger of your ever being waited on by me again. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• I never had, I do assure you, sir! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• I do assure you that my intimacy has not yet taught me _that_. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• I assure you there is nothing, my dear sir. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• I assure you I have no desire to be controversial. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Polemarchus and I may have been guilty of a little mistake in the argument, but I can assure you that the error was not intentional. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• I could only assure myself that the way was clear, and then leave the house with the two letters safe in my pocket. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• It was a hard one, but you shall be assured, indeed, that I have learned it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Be assured, that for my own sake, as well as your's, I will not rashly encounter danger. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• With the opening of this line the success of the railroad as a practical means of conveyance became assured. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Margaret might be assured he would take every precaution against being tracked by Leonards. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• I had assured myself that the man was sober as well as civil before I let her enter the vehicle. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• I am returned to Mansfield in a less assured state than when I left it. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• Elinor, rejoiced to be assured of his being in London, now ventured to say, Depend upon it, he will call again tomorrow. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Major Murphy, to whom I owe most of my facts, assures me that he has never heard of any misunderstanding between the pair. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• My Lady, with a disdainful gesture of the hand that holds the screen, assures him of his being worth no complaint from her. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Only the single, the uniform, assures coherence and harmony. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• The account of what was imported under register, he assures us, is exact. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Increased intelligence assures perpetuation of other species in novel and unf oreseen conditions. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Your manner, no less than your actions, assures me that you have never forgotten it, or ceased to think of it with bitterness,' returned Mr. Brownlow. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Bonajutus assures us, that of 18,914 inhabitants, 18,000 perished therein. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• By assuring me that my kinswoman is my sincere friend? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Shall we begin by assuring him that he is welcome to any knowledge which he may have, and that we are rejoiced at his having it? 柏拉图. 理想国.
• I caught a glimpse of rushing figures, and a moment later the voice of Holmes from within assuring them that it was a false alarm. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• We were impressed that it could circle on forever, or sail like a bird over the country, so positive and assuring and complete was this demonstration. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• I invented news of the most pacifying kind, assuring her that she was about to see her sister at my house. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Miss Jellyby proceeded, after begging Peepy's pardon with a kiss and assuring him that she hadn't meant to do it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• With such a retrospect, the sage of the Nineteenth Century may lie down to quiet rest, with an assuring faith that what God hath wrought is good, and what is not may yet be. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.

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