assure是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为vt. 断言; 使确信; 保(人寿) 险，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《大卫科波菲尔》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I profit so much by it myself, in many ways- at least I ought to-that no one can be more convinced of it than myself; and therefore Ispeak with great diffidence, my dear Jane, I assure you.'
-- I did not fail to assure him that I would store these precepts in mymind, though indeed I had no need to do so, for, at the time, theyaffected me visibly.
-- Istopped to assure him that I had not done so in bad manners, butuncertain whether he might or might not like a job.
-- 'Oh, indeed you must excuse me,Master Copperfield!I am greatly obliged, and I should like it of allthings, I assure you; but I am far too umble.
在简·奥斯汀的《爱玛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I do not rec-ommend matrimony at present to Emma, though I mean no slight to the state, I assure you.'
-- 'Oh!yes, I observed it, I assure you.
-- 'A very serious sort, I assure you;' still smiling.
-- I assure you mine are very different.
-- She must abide by the evil of having refused him, whatever it may be; and as to the refusal itself, I will not pretend to say that I might not influence her a little; but I assure you there was very little for me or for any body to do.
在托马斯·哈代的《远离尘嚣》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The girl, who wore no riding-habit, looked around for a moment, as if to assure herself that all humanity was out of view, then dexterously dropped backwards flat upon the pony's back, her head over its tail, her feet against its shoulders, and her eyes to the sky.
-- He could not assure himself that his opinion was true even now.
-- Ay, Pimpernel regularly stuck fast, when about sixty yards off, and when I saw Policy stepping on, it did knock my heart against the lining of my ribs, I assure you, my love!"
-- "Not a word, mistress, I assure 'ee!"
-- I assure ye, I ha'n't seed the colour of victuals or drink since breakfast time this morning, and that was no more than a dew-bit afield."
在巴尔扎克的《高老头》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "And in other respects, I am quite his equal," she said to herself, turning as if to assure herself of the charms of a form that the portly Sylvie found moulded in down feathers every morning.
在玛丽·雪莱的《弗兰肯斯坦》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I arrived here yesterday, and my first task is to assure my dear sister of my welfare and increasing confidence in the success of my undertaking.
-- Justine has returned to us, and I assure you I love her tenderly.
-- 'Why, M. Clerval, I assure you he has outstripped us all.
-- Alas!Victor, when falsehood can look so like the truth, who can assure themselves of certain happiness?
在玛格丽特·米切尔的《乱世佳人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Shehad read Ashley's letters for only one purpose to assure herself that he still loved her.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《远大前程》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I had been waiting for him to see me that I might try to assure him of my innocence.
-- "'Consequence, my father didn't make objections to my going to work; so I went to work at my present calling, which were his too, if he would have followed it, and I worked tolerable hard, I assure you, Pip.
-- At length he prolonged his remark into "Pip, I do assure you this is as-TON-ishing!"
-- Yes, he came to the same end; quite the natural end here, I assure you.
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