as·sur·ance /əˈʃʊrən(t)s/
 保證,確信,保險
 assurance
 保証
 assurance
 保證
 As·sur·ance n.
 1. The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; that which is designed to give confidence.
    Whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.   --Acts xvii. 31.
    Assurances of support came pouring in daily.   --Macaulay.
 2. The state of being assured; firm persuasion; full confidence or trust; freedom from doubt; certainty.
    Let us draw with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience.   --Heb. x. 22.
 3. Firmness of mind; undoubting, steadiness; intrepidity; courage; confidence; self-reliance.
    Brave men meet danger with assurance.   --Knolles.
    Conversation with the world will give them knowledge and assurance.   --Locke.
 4. Excess of boldness; impudence; audacity; as, his assurance is intolerable.
 5. Betrothal; affiance. [Obs.]
 6. Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death.
 Note: ☞ Recently, assurance has been used, in England, in relation to life contingencies, and insurance in relation to other contingencies. It is called temporary assurance, in the time within which the contingent event must happen is limited. See Insurance.
 7. Law Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed.
 Note: ☞ In England, the legal evidences of the conveyance of property are called the common assurances of the kingdom.
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 assurance
      n 1: freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities;
           "his assurance in his superiority did not make him
           popular"; "after that failure he lost his confidence";
           "she spoke with authority" [syn: self-assurance, confidence,
            self-confidence, authority, sureness]
      2: a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from
         something; "an assurance of help when needed"; "signed a
         pledge never to reveal the secret" [syn: pledge]
      3: a statement intended to inspire confidence; "the President's
         assurances were not respected"
      4: a British term for some kinds of insurance
 Assurance
    The resurrection of Jesus (Acts 17:31) is the "assurance" (Gr.
    pistis, generally rendered "faith") or pledge God has given that
    his revelation is true and worthy of acceptance. The "full
    assurance [Gr. plerophoria, 'full bearing'] of faith" (Heb.
    10:22) is a fulness of faith in God which leaves no room for
    doubt. The "full assurance of understanding" (Col. 2:2) is an
    entire unwavering conviction of the truth of the declarations of
    Scripture, a joyful steadfastness on the part of any one of
    conviction that he has grasped the very truth. The "full
    assurance of hope" (Heb. 6:11) is a sure and well-grounded
    expectation of eternal glory (2 Tim. 4:7, 8). This assurance of
    hope is the assurance of a man's own particular salvation.
      This infallible assurance, which believers may attain unto as
    to their own personal salvation, is founded on the truth of the
    promises (Heb. 6:18), on the inward evidence of Christian
    graces, and on the testimony of the Spirit of adoption (Rom.
    8:16). That such a certainty may be attained appears from the
    testimony of Scripture (Rom. 8:16; 1 John 2:3; 3:14), from the
    command to seek after it (Heb. 6:11; 2 Pet. 1:10), and from the
    fact that it has been attained (2 Tim. 1:12; 4:7, 8; 1 John 2:3;
    4:16).
      This full assurance is not of the essence of saving faith. It
    is the result of faith, and posterior to it in the order of
    nature, and so frequently also in the order of time. True
    believers may be destitute of it. Trust itself is something
    different from the evidence that we do trust. Believers,
    moreover, are exhorted to go on to something beyond what they at
    present have when they are exhorted to seek the grace of full
    assurance (Heb. 10:22; 2 Pet. 1:5-10). The attainment of this
    grace is a duty, and is to be diligently sought.
      "Genuine assurance naturally leads to a legitimate and abiding
    peace and joy, and to love and thankfulness to God; and these
    from the very laws of our being to greater buoyancy, strength,
    and cheerfulness in the practice of obedience in every
    department of duty."
      This assurance may in various ways be shaken, diminished, and
    intermitted, but the principle out of which it springs can never
    be lost. (See FAITH.)