underwrite

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vt. 签名于下, 给...保险 vi. 经营保险业

发音

其它 /ˈʌndəɹaɪt/

词形变化

underwrit underwrited underwrites 三单 underwrites underwriting underwritten underwrote underwriting 现在分词 underwrote 过去式 underwrit 过去式 underwritten 过去式 underwritten 过去分词 underwrit 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To write below or under; subscribe.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To subscribe (a document, policy etc.) with one's name.

    不及物 废旧 及物
  3. 3.

    To sign; to put one's name to.

    及物
  4. 4.

    To agree to pay by signing one's name; subscribe.

    及物
  5. 5.

    Specifically, to assume financial responsibility for something, and guarantee it against failure.

    及物
  6. 6.

    To act as an underwriter.

    不及物 商务 金融
  7. 7.

    To support, lend support to, guarantee the basis of.

    及物
  8. 8.

    To submit to; put up with.

    废旧 及物

词汇关系

词源

From Middle English underwriten, from Old English underwrītan (“to write at the foot of, write under, subscribe”). Compare Dutch onderschrijven (“to endorse”), German unterschreiben (“to sign; endorse”), Danish underskrive (“to sign; endorse”). By surface analysis, under- + write.

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