insurance
UK/in'ʃurәns/US
NGSL 2kIELTS高考四级六级考研B1
释义
n.
A financial arrangement in which you pay a company regularly so it will compensate you for loss, damage, or harm.
保险
n.
The amount paid for such protection; the premium or the payout.
保险费;保险赔款
n.
Something done as a safeguard against a possible bad outcome.
预防措施;保障
词根拆分
词根派生由 insure(「使确定不受损失」)+ -ance(状态/结果)构成。insurance 是让你在灾祸来临时财务上有底的安排——现在付一点,将来万一遭灾就不至于被击垮。它是词族里最字面地复活词根初衷的成员:花钱买一份「免于灾祸之忧」。
词根 sur 还连着 9 个词常用搭配
- 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
例句
- 1.
Health insurance covers most of my medical bills.
健康保险覆盖了我大部分的医疗费用。
- 2.
They took out life insurance after their first child was born.
第一个孩子出生后,他们买了人寿保险。
- 3.
Saving money each month is a kind of insurance against hard times.
每月存点钱是对艰难时期的一种保障。
易混词辨析
insurance 与 assurance:在日常和美式英语里,insurance 涵盖各类风险。英式金融用语中,assurance 有时专指人寿保险(针对必然会发生的事件——身故),insurance 则保可能发生的事(火灾、失窃)。对多数学习者来说,insurance 是稳妥的默认词。