insurance

insurance
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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