| 单词 | underwrite |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['ʌndərait] |
| 解释 | v.同意负担…的费用；为…保险 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v. 同意负担...的费用(s upport with money and take responsibility for possible failure);为...保险( take responsibility for fulfilling an insurance agreement) 【记】 under（在...下面）+ write（写） |
| 字源 | underwrite (v.) Old English underwritan "write at the foot of; subscribe;" see under + write (v.). A loan-translation of Latin subscribere (see subscribe). Used literally at first; modern sense of "to accept the risk of insurance" (1620s) is from notion of signing a marine insurance policy. Meaning "to support by a guarantee of money" is recorded from 1890. |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. 同意负担...的费用; 为...保险 【记】under下, write写: 在保单的下面签名－为...保险 【参】undeserved(adj 不应得的; 冤枉的); undeserving(adj 不值得) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】下面写，下面签名字 【相关】subscribe 签署，赞成 |
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