ensuring
ensuring — verb
- ensuringpresent simple I / you / we / they
- ensurings3rd person singular
- ensuringing-ing form
- ensuringedpast simple
1. to do what is needed so that a particular thing will definitely happen or be tru
to do what is needed so that a particular thing will definitely happen or be true, especially when there are risks or uncertainties that could prevent it.
The night-shift nurse checked the patient's vital signs each hour, ensuring no change went unnoticed.
ensure + noun phrase with result meaning
Ajay locked the windows and tested the smoke alarm, ensuring the house was safe.
The new traffic lights ensure that children can cross the street safely near the school.
Fatima always checks her email twice before sending it to ensure the attachment is included.
Proper training ensures that all factory workers know how to operate the machinery safely.
- risk
To do something that makes a negative outcome possible, the opposite of preventing it
- jeopardize
To put something in danger of failing or being lost
文法句型
ensure + noun phrase
ensure + that-clause
ensure + noun phrase + adjective/complement
用法筆記
Often used with a that-clause to state the desired outcome. In formal writing, the subjunctive may appear after 'ensure that' ('The policy ensures that every student be treated fairly'), but the indicative is far more common at all levels. The -ing form 'ensuring' frequently appears in participial phrases that explain how something is achieved.