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。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《格兰特船长的女儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- So I tucked myself in, and slept conscientiously, I assure you, for thirty-six hours."
-- He had been making inquiry about his luggage, to assure himself that it was all on board, and kept repeating incessantly the unlucky words, "The DUNCAN!the DUNCAN!"
-- But that's not in my line, I assure you."
-- "And it is good savory meat, I assure you; a dish of Olympus!I knew we should have fresh meat for supper, and such meat!But who is going to cut up the beast?"
在阿瑟·柯南·道尔的《巴斯克维尔的猎犬》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I assure you that there is a reign of terror in the district, and that it is a hardy man who will cross the moor at night.'
-- 'I assure you that I am simply here upon a visit to my friend, Sir Henry, and that I need no help of any kind.'
-- I assure you that there would not be the least chance of your coming back alive.
-- Sir Henry had to assure him that it was not so and pacify him by giving him a considerable part of his old wardrobe, the London outfit having now all arrived.
-- I assure you my cheeks flushed at the very thought.
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《白痴》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'No, no, no, no, no!Nothing of the sort, I assure you!'
-- 'I assure you I am not deceiving you; you shall not have to answer for me.
-- I assure you, ever since yesterday evening I have had the strongest desire to go on and on talking Russian.'
-- I assure you, I saw the sight a month ago and it's dancing before my eyes to this moment.
-- 'Oh, I assure you I've lots of time, my time is entirely my own!'
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《人魔岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He had made me visit that horror in the inner room, to assure myself of its inhumanity.
-- I got out of the hammock and went to the door to assure my-self that the key was turned.
在拉迪亚德·吉卜林的《丛林故事》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The first thing he did was to assure himself that the fish-ing was good, and then he swam along the beaches and counted up the delightful low sandy islands half hidden in the beautiful rolling fog.
在詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库柏的《最后的摩根战士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- At first it seemed as if the remembrance of the promised reward grew vivid in his mind, while he listened to the sources of parental feeling which were to assure its possession; but, as Duncan pro-ceeded, the expression of joy became so fiercely malignant that it was impossible not to apprehend it proceeded from some passion more sinister than avarice.
-- A single instant was enough to assure him of the rashness of the measure, for he immediately found himself fully engaged, with all his activity and courage, in endeavoring to ward the desperate thrusts made with the knife of the Huron.
-- They had not met from that painful mo-ment when he deserted them on the plain, only to assure their safety.
-- Duncan took occasion to assure them he had done the best that circum-stances permitted, and, as he believed, quite enough for the security of their feelings; of danger there was none.
-- An instant of calm observation served to assure Duncan that he was undiscovered.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《神秘岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "No, captain, no, we shan't forget it," replied Pencroft; "and if ever I find one of those tobacco- seeds, which multiply by three hundred and sixty thousand, I assure you I won't throw it away!
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I assure you I couldn't.
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