reassure

reassure

英 [riːə'ʃʊə]
　　美 [,riə'ʃʊr]

vt. 使…安心，使消除疑慮

v.(動詞)reassure的基本意思是打消別人的疑慮或安慰某人。引申可指“向…保證”。既可用作及物動詞,也可用作不及物動詞。用作及物動詞時,可接名詞或代詞作賓語。也可接雙賓語,直接賓語可由that從句充當。在非正式語體中, reassure能引出直接引語,作“寬慰某人”解。reassure與about連用,意思是“寬慰,消除疑慮”。

中文詞源：

reassure 使安心

re-,再，重新，assure,確信。

例句：

1. Banks are built to look solid to reassure their customers.
銀行往往建得看上去很堅固，好讓顧客放心。

2. They tried to reassure her, but she still felt anxious.
他們設法讓她放心，可她還是焦慮不安。

3. I tried to reassure her, "Don't worry about it. We won't let it happen again."
我試圖使她安心，“不要擔心。我們不會讓它再次發生瞭。”

4. Wally gripped my arm, partly to restrain me and partly to reassure me.
沃利抓住我的手臂，一是想制止我，二是想穩住我。

5. He used the medium of radio when he wanted to enlist public support or reassure the citizenry.
他利用廣播媒介來獲得公眾支持或安定民心。