确保 quèbǎo to ensure
to ensure; to guarantee
How to remember 确保: 确 certain + 保 to protect = to ensure.
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How it is used
- To ensure / guarantee (that something happens) - 确保安全 (quèbǎo ānquán) ensure safety; 确保按时完成 make sure it's finished on time.
- More formal than 保证 (bǎozhèng, to promise/guarantee). 确保 is about securing an outcome, common in official and technical writing; takes a clause or goal as object.
Example sentences
- 我不能确保这一切会发生。 Wǒ bùnéng quèbǎo zhè yīqiè huì fāshēng.I can't guarantee that that's going to happen.
- 确保亲自填写注册表格。 Quèbǎo qīnzì tiánxiě zhùcè biǎogé.Be sure to fill out the registration form in person.
- 确保汤姆安全。 Quèbǎo tāngmǔ ānquán.Keep Tom safe.