ensuring

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ensuring — 動詞

  • 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

1.動詞及物B2
釋義

確保;保證

採取必要行動使某事必定發生

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.

例句

The night-shift nurse checked the patient's vital signs each hour, ensuring no change went unnoticed.

夜班護士每小時檢查病人的生命跡象,確保任何變化都不被忽略。

ensure + noun phrase with result meaning

Ajay locked the windows and tested the smoke alarm, ensuring the house was safe.

Ajay 鎖好窗戶並測試了煙霧警報器,確保房子是安全的。

同義詞
  • guarantee

    Stronger than ensure; implies a formal promise or certainty without qualification

  • make sure

    More informal and conversational than ensure; used in everyday speech

  • certify

    More formal; implies official verification or documentation

反義詞
  • 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.

常見錯誤

Please insure that you bring your passport.
Please ensure that you bring your passport.
💡'Insure' relates to insurance (financial protection); 'ensure' means to make certain. They are different verbs.
The new measures assures safety.
The new measures ensure safety.
💡The subject 'measures' is plural, so the verb must be 'ensure', not 'ensures'.