音标:[ʃuә] ; 柯林斯词典等级:5 级; 牛津三千核心词汇;
a. 确信, 必然的, 必定的
adv. 当然, 确实地, 无疑地
s. physically secure or dependable
s. (of persons) worthy of trust or confidence
s. infallible or unfailing
s. certain not to fail
词型变化:形容词比较级 : surer ; 形容词最高级 : surest
考试类型:[中考/高考]
词性分布:
形容词88%
副词12%

sure的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. I think you are not quite sure about it.我认为,你们对这一点并不能完全肯定。
  2. I'm sure you'll want a go when you see it.我敢说你看到了就想试一下。
  3. I can't be sure, but I believe it worths trying.我不能确定,但我确信这值得一试。
  4. The news is sure to overset him.这条消息必定会使他心神不安。
  5. Hard work is a sure avenue to success.勤奋是可靠的成功之道。
  6. He's not so sure of himself these days.他近来不大有自信。
  7. They had never seen her so sure of herself.他们从未看见过她这样自信。
用作副词(adv.)
  1. It sure was a cold night.的确是个寒冷的夜晚。
  2. I had a feeling we'd get lost, and sure enough, we did.我觉得我们迷路了,确实如此,我们迷路了。
  3. Nobody knows the cause of the fire for sure.没有人确切地知道大火的原因。

常见句型

用作形容词(adj.)
用作定语~+ n.
  1. Dark clouds are a sure sign of rain.乌云无疑是下雨的征兆。
  2. He made a sure step out of the mud.他迈出了挣脱泥潭的确确实实的一步。
  3. There's only one sure way to do it.做此事只有一种万全之策。
  4. He is a sure employee.他是个可靠的雇员。
  5. This medicine is a sure remedy for headache.这是治头痛的良药。
  6. Going to places is a sure way of getting to know them.要了解各地,亲自去一趟是最可靠的方法。
  7. Put it in a sure place.把它放在稳妥的地方。
  8. She drew the outline with a sure hand.她笔力雄健地画出了轮廓。
用作表语S+be+~
  1. Death is sure.死是不可避免的。
  2. One is sure—we've won a great victory!有一点是毋庸置疑的:我们取得了巨大的胜利。
S+be+~+ prep .-phrase
  1. I shall certainly be present at the meeting, but I am not sure about my wife.我肯定将出席会议,但是至于我的妻子去不去我就不敢说了。
  2. Do you feel quite sure of that,Dorian?多里安,你对那件事确信无疑吗?
  3. I've never felt sure of success.我从未有过胜利的把握。
  4. You're sure of a warm welcome.你一定会受到热烈欢迎的。
  5. Can I be sure of a profit if I invest?我要是投资,就一定能获利吗?
  6. I am not sure of his address.我不清楚他的地址。
  7. There is no penalty for guessing, so if you are not sure of the answer to a question, make the best guess you can.猜测不扣分,因此如果你对问题的答案不确定,可以猜最佳答案。
  8. As we have been practising regularly, we are sure of winning the game this time.我们一直在训练,这次比赛有把握赢。
  9. You're sure of passing the exam if you work hard.只要用功,你就一定能及格。
S+be+~+to- v
  1. He is sure to be back soon.他不久一定会回来。
  2. Be sure not to be pessimistic about our success.对我们的成功千万不要悲观。
  3. Though we suffer from serious natural calamities, we are sure to overcome all difficulties.我们虽然遭受到了严重的自然灾害,但我们一定能克服一切困难。
  4. In choosing the seeds for sowing,be sure to reject those that are shrivelled or moulding.在选取下种的种子时,注意剔除那些皱缩发霉的种子。
  5. Get up steam,and you will be sure to succeed.加把劲,你一定会成功的。
S+be+~+(that/)wh-clause
  1. Are you sure you want him for your partner for life?你肯定要他做你的终身伴侣吗?
  2. You are sure I won't put on you if I sit beside you?我坐在你旁边不会打扰你吧?
  3. Your explanation sounds plausible, but I'm not sure I believe it.你的解释似乎有道理,但我不会相信。
  4. Are you sure this roof is completely tight?你能肯定这个屋顶一点都不漏吗?
  5. I'm sure (that) I can run much faster than he.我相信我能比他跑得快得多。
  6. I was not sure what I ought to do.我该做什么,我没有把握。
  7. I'm not sure whether I've met him before.我不能确定以前是否见到过他。

常用短语

用作形容词(adj.)
be sure and do sth
    务必做某事 not fail to do sth
for sure
    无疑 without doubt
make sure (to-v/of sth/v-ing/that...)
    设法确保出现某事物 do sth ensure that sth happensWe and our friends will make sure of that.我们和我们的朋友要确保这一点。
sure of oneself
    (过分)自信 too confident of one's own abilities, etc.; self-confident
sure thing
    是的,当然 yes; of course
to be sure
    无可否认,诚然 I cannot deny (that), admittedly

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)
~+名词
  • sure employee可靠的雇员
  • sure place稳妥的地方
  • sure remedy for headache治头痛的良药
  • sure sign无疑的征兆
  • sure step确确实实的一步
  • sure way可靠的方法
~+动词不定式
  • sure to pass the exam考试一定会及格
动词+~
  • be sure确信
  • feel sure确信
  • make sure of尽力做到,将…弄明白,保证
  • make sure of the time and place把时间和地点弄清楚
~+介词
  • sure about对…确信的
  • sure of确信…的
  • sure of oneself有自信心
  • sure of success确信成功,有把握成功
  • sure of support确信会得到支持
  • sure of welcome一定会受到欢迎

经典引文

  • Loaded pistols were served out to all the sure men.

    出自:R. L. Stevenson
学英语单词
10 consecutive ties
adjustable weir crest
agglomerative tendencies
alkylphosphines
angioscotometry
antiseptic cotton
aseasonal
Aslian
Bacon, Francis
bat phone
boghead (coal)
botch-ups
broken orange pekoe
Buis
bushworld
canalin
Casimiroa sapota
chamois cloth
Chnofalk
Christiany
circulation memory
cog timbering
collenchymatous cell
composite video input
crinogenic
critical statistics
cross lap
current float
Daraprine
delayed income credits
displaced position
Dodecanese
ex rights
extrinsic contaminant
federal republic of nigerias
Feigenbaum functional equation
fhl
fitness test
fog dust
food self-support
full board
gamma-decay energy
Gaussian process
geoelectrical basement
GETWS (get word from string)
ginger brandy
golk
Grothendieck topologies
hirsutella versicolor
homepna
Hwangguto
in-group comparison
incremental response time
international gold standard movement
iravadia bella
Jabiru mycteria
jolanta
jumbo boom
Juris
LAP-D
living legend
meriggi
methylparoban
Moussa
mutual office
negrified
neotheophylline
nigger lovers
non-informative
nonoestrogenic
off-price
ohl
optical fiber telecommunication
Orczy, Baroness Emmuska
paleohydrologists
Poisson's summation formula
preservation of timber
purocellulose
re echo
re-potting
relay emergency valve
retroserrate
roadside bombs
rotary letterpress
sceat
shell of hawksbill turtle
shroomhead
sigmoidea
sprained
stall-holder
subicular region
swld
thalasso
there is no smoke without fire
Trommer's sign
tuero
twist someon's arm
uniform exit flow nozzle
unstayed covers
user action
Vena basalis superior
wide base rim