insurance

• n. 保險；保險費；保險契約；賠償金

來自insure,投保。

insurance (n.)

1550s, "engagement to marry," a variant of ensurance (see ensure). Commercial sense of "security against loss or death in exchange for payment" is from 1650s. Assurance was the older term for this (late 16c.).

1. Police investigating a £10 million car insurance fiddle arrested 16 people yesterday.

調查涉及1,000萬英鎊的汽車保險詐騙案的警察昨天逮捕了16人。

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2. She learned her insurance had been canceled by Pacific Mutual Insurance Company.

她得知自己的保險已經被太平洋互助保險公司中止了。

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3. The country needs a defence capability as insurance against the unexpected.

國家需要有一定的防禦能力，以應對不可預知的情況。

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4. Marine insurance is governed by a strict series of rules and regulations.

關於海險有一係列嚴格的規章製度對其作了規定。

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5. Skiers should be particularly choosy about the insurance policy they buy.

滑雪者在選擇購買保險的問題上應該尤其慎重。

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