insurance
Definitions
A financial arrangement in which you pay a company regularly so it will compensate you for loss, damage, or harm.
保险
The amount paid for such protection; the premium or the payout.
保险费；保险赔款
Something done as a safeguard against a possible bad outcome.
预防措施；保障
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedfrom insure ('make certain against loss') + -ance (state/result). insurance is the arrangement that makes you financially certain when disaster strikes — you pay a little now so a big loss later won't ruin you. It is the family member that most literally revives the root's founding idea: paying to be 'free from worry' about catastrophe.
Root sur still carries 9 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.health insurance健康保险
- 2.life insurance人寿保险
- 3.car insurance车险
- 4.insurance policy保险单
- 5.take out insurance购买保险
- 6.insurance premium保险费
Example Sentences
- 1.
Health insurance covers most of my medical bills.
- 2.
They took out life insurance after their first child was born.
- 3.
Saving money each month is a kind of insurance against hard times.
Easily Confused
insurance vs assurance — In everyday and American English, insurance covers all risks. In British financial usage, 'assurance' is sometimes used for life cover (an event that is certain to happen — death) while 'insurance' covers events that might happen (fire, theft). For most learners, insurance is the safe default.