词汇精选:guarantee的用法和辨析
一、详细释义:
n.
保证,担保 [C]
例句:
A famous old name on a firm is not necessarily a guarantee of quality.
公司悠久的品牌并不能确保商品的质量。
例句:
The Editor can give no guarantee that they will fulfil their obligations.
《编辑家》无法保证他们会履行职责。
保证人;保证书;担保金,担保物,抵押品 [C]
例句:
Males between 18 and 20 had to leave a deposit as a guarantee of returning to do their military service.
18至20岁的男性必须缴纳一笔保证金,作为回来服兵役的担保。
例句:
The guard guards the guarantee in the garden regardless of the hazard.
卫兵不顾危险看守着花园里的抵押品。
保修单 [C]
例句:
The new television had a guarantee with it.
这台新电视机有保修单。
例句:
Whatever a guarantee says, when something goes wrong, you can still claim your rights from the shop.
不论保修单如何规定,若商品出了问题,消费者仍然可以去商店维护自身权益。
v.
保证,确保 [T]
例句:
Buying a train ticket doesn't guarantee you a seat.
买一张火车票并不一定担保你有座位。
例句:
Surplus resources alone do not guarantee growth.
仅有富余的资源并不能确保发展。
例句:
I guarantee that you'll enjoy yourself.
我保证你玩得痛快。
例句:
Some builders guarantee their work.
一些建筑公司对其承建工程提供质量担保。
例句:
We [guarantee] the fastness of these dyes.
我们担保这些染料不褪色。
担保 [T]
例句:
All Dreamland's electric blankets are guaranteed for three years.
所有的梦乡牌电热毯质保3年。
例句:
Some builders guarantee their work.
一些建筑公司对其承建工程提供质量担保。
二、词义辨析:
ensure,insure,assure,guarantee,pledge,promise
这些动词都有“保证”之意。ensure侧重使人相信某个行为或力量产生的结果。insure常与ensure换用,但前者多指经济方面的保证、保险。assure侧重指消除某人思想上的怀疑或担心,从而有达到目的的保证感,但不如ensure普通。guarantee指对事物的品质或人的行为及履行义务、义务等承担责任的保证。pledge正式用词,指通过郑重许诺、协议或立誓等保证承担某一义务或遵守某一原则。promise侧重表自己的主观意向,设法用语言使人感到稳当可靠。
三、参考例句:
Some builders guarantee their work.
一些建筑公司对其承建工程提供质量担保。
It has a three-year guarantee.
这个产品可以保修三年。
Surplus resources alone do not guarantee growth.
仅有富余的资源并不能确保发展。
I guarantee that you'll enjoy yourself.
我保证你玩得痛快。
We guarantee prompt delivery of goods.
我们保证及时交货。
A diploma is no guarantee of efficiency.
持有文凭不能保证工作效率一定高。
We guarantee the fastness of these dyes.
我们担保这些染料不褪色。
Surplus resources alone do not guarantee growth.
仅有富余的资源并不能确保发展。
I can guarantee you no extra charge.
我可以保证决不加收费用。
The ticket will guarantee your free entry.
这张票可确保你免费入场。