insurance
n
1 [U, sing] ~ (against sth) (contract made by a company or society, or by the state, to provide a) guarantee of compensation for loss, damage, sickness, death, etc in return for regular payment 保險(xiǎn)(契約)
People without insurance had to pay for their own repairs. 未投保者需自付修理費(fèi).
an insurance against theft, fire, etc 盜竊保險(xiǎn)、 火險(xiǎn)
household, personal, etc insurance 家庭、 人身保險(xiǎn)等
[attrib 作定語(yǔ)]
an insurance company, ie one that provides this 保險(xiǎn)公司
an insurance salesman 保險(xiǎn)公司推銷員.
2 [U] business of providing such contracts 保險(xiǎn)業(yè)
Her husband works in insurance. 她丈夫在保險(xiǎn)業(yè)工作.
3 [U] payment made by or to such a company, etc 保險(xiǎn)費(fèi)
When her husband died, she received 50000 in insurance. 她丈夫去世後, 她得到50000英鎊的保險(xiǎn)金.
4 [C, U] ~ (against sth) (fig 比喻) any measure taken as a safeguard against loss, failure, etc 保險(xiǎn)措施; (預(yù)防損失、 失敗等的)安全保障
He's applying for two other jobs as an insurance against not passing the interview for this one. 他還申請(qǐng)了另外兩份工作, 以防這份工作面試不合格.