insurance
n. 保险, 保险业, 保险费 [医] 保险
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保险；保险费；保险契约；赔偿金
an arrangement with a company in which you pay them money, especially regularly, and they pay the costs if something bad happens, for example if you become ill or your car is damaged
Your father took out insurance to cover the mortgage.
你父亲购买了抵押借款保险。
释义与例句
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A means of indemnity against a future occurrence of an uncertain event.
保险
不可数The car was totalled, but fortunately I had insurance.
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The business of providing insurance.
保险业
不可数After five years in banking, I switched to insurance.
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A bet made after the deal, which pays off if the dealer has blackjack.
不可数 游戏I only take insurance if the count is right.
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An insurance policy.
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A company providing insurance policies; an insurer.
可数 不可数1927, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Mysteries 'They don't say so yet, but the suggestion is incendiarism. […] ' 'Why should they think anything wrong?' 'These insurances go a lot by the fire brigade report. I suppose the officer in charge has suggested something.'
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Any attempt to forestall an unfavorable event.
比喻 不可数The sky was clear, but I took my umbrella for insurance.
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From the older form ensurance, see also assurance. By surface analysis, insure + -ance.
来源：wiktionary