[] an arrangement with a company in which you pay them regular amounts of money or make a single payment and they agree to pay the costs, for example if you die or are ill/sick, or if you lose or damage sth保险◆car/travel/home/unemployment insurance汽车／旅游／家庭／失业保险◆Make sure you take out adequate insurance to cover your possessions.务必购买足够的保险以保障财产安全。◆Can you claim for the loss on your insurance?你能就这一损失向你的保险公司索赔吗？◆Many people have insurance against sickness and unemployment.许多人投保疾病和失业险。◆It's time to renew your motor insurance.该更新你的汽车险了。ⓘ There are four main classes of insurance: accident, fire, life and marine.主要有四种类型的保险：意外（accident）、火灾（fire）、人寿（life）和海运（marine）。⨁to arrange / have / renew / take out insurance办理保险；投保；更新／购买保险⨁to buy / sell insurance购买／销售保险⨁to offer / provide / refuse insurance提出／提供／拒绝保险⨁insurance covers / pays for sth保险承保／赔付（某事）范围⨁insurance contributions / payments / premiums保险捐税／金／费 [] (often used in the names of companies) the business of providing people with insurance（常用于公司名称）保险业◆She works in insurance.她在保险业工作。◆The insurance industry is one of the country's biggest employers.保险业是这个国家最大的雇主之一。◆Cox Insurance考克斯保险控股有限公司 [] money paid to an insurance company; money paid by an insurance company保险费；保费◆Some people just cannot afford to pay insurance.一些人实在付不起保费。◆After the accident he received €15 000 in insurance.事故发生后，他得到了一笔 1.5 万欧元的保险金。 () [; ]used to refer to shares in insurance companies保险公司股份◆Insurances did well, recovering some of last week's losses.保险股股价上升，弥补了上周的部分亏损。accident insurance block insurance casualty insurance certificate of insurance consumer credit insurance contract of insurance credit insurance deposit insurance double insurance engineering insurance fire insurance general insurance group insurance health insurance income insurance liability insurance life insurance marine insurance medical insurance social insurance term insurance unemployment insurance insurance / assurance <chn/>In BrE, insurance that pays out a sum of money when a person dies or reaches a particular age is called life assurance or life insurance. The term used in NAmE is life insurance. 当被保险人死亡或达到某个年龄时，由保险人支付保险金的保险在英式英语中称为 life assurance 或 life insurance，在美式英语中称为 life insurance。In both BrE and NAmE, insurance is used to describe types of insurance that protect you against uncertain future events, such as injuries, car crashes, thefts or natural disasters: car/house/medical insurance.在英式英语和美式英语中，insurance 指防范未来不确定事件的保险类型，如人身伤害、车祸、盗窃或自然灾害：汽车／房屋／医疗保险。