re-assureとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Old French rasseürer (French rassurer), from re- + asseürer; as if re- +‎ assure.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˌɹi.əˈʃʊə(ɹ)/
• (General American) IPA: /ˌɹi.əˈʃʊɹ/, /ˌɹi.əˈʃɝ/
• 韻: -ʊə(ɹ)

動詞

reassure (third-person singular simple present reassures, present participle reassuring, simple past and past participle reassured)

1. (transitive) To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or self-doubt.

   The boy's mother reassured him that there was no monster hiding under the bed.

   • 2003, Plato, translated by Hugh Tredennick and Harold Tarrant, The Last Days of Socrates, Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 42:

     What is more, I call upon the greater part of you as witnesses to my statement, and I appeal to all of you who have ever listened to me talking (and there are a great many to whom this applies) to reassure one another on this point.

   • 2022 August 13, Sarah Wu, David Kirton, Ben Blanchard, quoting Tsai Ing-wen, “Taiwan thanks U.S. for maintaining security in Taiwan Strait”, in Tom Hogue, Michael Perry, William Mallard, editors, Reuters‎, archived from the original on 13 August 2022, World:

     "Taiwanese are very enthusiastic and love freedom and democracy, so many good international friends have come to Taiwan to support us. This is a normal and good thing, but China threatens and intimidates Taiwan," she said.
     "However, I would like to reassure everyone that both our government and the military are prepared, and I will definitely take care of Taiwan."

2. (transitive) To reinsure.

関連する語

• reassurance

参照

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “reassure”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “reassure”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

アナグラム

• erasures