学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2569 reassure

今天我们要学的词是 reassure¹. Reassure 动词，是让某人安心的意思。South Africa’s government reassured² its citizens that they are not in “immediate danger” following a U.S. warning of a possible terror attack in the country during Ramadan. 南非政府让民众放心，他们并不面临随时可能发生的危险，此前美国警告说，斋月期间南非可能会受到恐怖袭击。Three Republican senators visited South Korea to reassure Seoul that U.S. policy toward the country will not change even if Donald Trump³ was to win the election. 三位共和党联邦参议员访问韩国，让韩国放心，即便川普当选，美国对韩政策也不会改变。 好的，我们今天学习的词是 reassure, reassure, reassure...

1 reassure   

v.使放心，使消除疑虑

参考例句：

• This seemed to reassure him and he continued more confidently.这似乎使他放心一点，于是他更有信心地继续说了下去。
• The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe.航空公司尽力让乘客相信飞机是安全的。

2 reassured   

adj.使消除疑虑的；使放心的v.再保证，恢复信心( reassure的过去式和过去分词)

参考例句：

• The captain's confidence during the storm reassured the passengers. 在风暴中船长的信念使旅客们恢复了信心。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• The doctor reassured the old lady. 医生叫那位老妇人放心。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。