insurance
保险
释义2：
insurance
/ in5FuErEns /
◙ noun, [mass noun] 1. a practice or arrangement by which a company or the state undertakes to provide a guarantee of compensation for specified loss, damage, illness, or death in return for payment of a specified premium• 保险 »many new borrowers take out insurance against unemployment or sickness. 许多新借款人办理失业或疾病保险。 the business of providing such an arrangement• 保险业 »Howard is in insurance. 霍华德从事保险业。 money paid for this• 保险费 »my insurance has gone up. 我的保险费上涨了。 money paid out as compensation under such an arrangement• 保险赔偿金，保险金 »when will I be able to collect the insurance? 我何时才能领取保险金？ [count noun] an insurance policy• 保险单2. a thing providing protection against a possible eventuality• （防备不测的）保障措施 »seeking closer ties with other oil-supplying nations as insurance against disruption of Middle East supplies. 寻求与其他石油供应国建立更加紧密的关系，以防中东供应中断。 »[count noun] a marquee was hired as an insurance against the weather. 租了大帐篷以备天气不测。【语源】
1. late Middle English (originally as ensurance in the sense 'ensuring, assurance, a guarantee'): from Old French enseurance, from enseurer (see ensure ). Sense 1 dates from the mid 17th cent
【用法】
1. There is a technical distinction between insurance and assurance in the context of life insurance: see usage at assurance
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