guarantee

英[g?r(?)n'ti?] 美[,ɡ?r?n'ti]

復數:?guarantees;第三人稱單數:?guarantees;過去式:?guaranteed;過去分詞:?guaranteed;現在分詞:?guaranteeing;

1. 衛兵螞蟻瞇著眼睛保證螞蟻窩的安全(或：蟻后的安全)。
2. guar- (guard) + ant + ee (eye: 眼睛)。

guarantee 擔保

詞源同warranty.

guarantee: guarantee: [17] Guarantee is essentially the same word as warrant, which is of Germanic origin (Germanic initial w- became g(u)- in the Romance languages). It was probably borrowed into English from the Spanish form garante (this is suggested by early spellings garanté and garante in English), and later changed to guarantee through confusion with guaranty [16] (itself originally a variant of warranty).
=> warrant
guarantee (n.): 1670s, "person that gives security," altered (perhaps via Spanish garante or confusion with legalese ending -ee), from earlier garrant "warrant that the title to a property is true" (early 15c.), from Old French garant "defender, protector; warranty; pledge; justifying evidence," from Germanic (see warrant (n.)). For form evolution, see gu-. Sense of the "pledge" itself (which is properly a guaranty) developed 18c.
guarantee (v.): 1791, "to be surety for," from guarantee (n.). Garanten in this sense is from early 15c. Related: Guaranteed; guaranteeing.

1. He argues strongly for retention of NATO as a guarantee of peace.: 他強烈要求保留北大西洋公約組織以維護和平。

2. We guarantee that you will find a community with which to socialise.: 我們保證你們會找到自己的交際圈。

3. The Editor can give no guarantee that they will fulfil their obligations.: 《編輯家》無法保證他們會履行職責.

4. He was declared bankrupt after failing to pay a ￡114m loan guarantee.: 由于無力償還1.14億英鎊的貸款擔保，他被宣布破產。

5. He will sign a personal guarantee to additionally secure the loan.: 他將簽訂一個個人擔保，以此為貸款多加一層保障。