vow

英 [vaʊ] 美 [vaʊ]

• n. 誓约
• v. 发誓

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 誓，誓言，誓约，誓愿
2. 许愿，发誓，盟誓，誓约行为
3. 郑重宣言
4. 立誓出家，遁入空门
5. 誓约内容
6. 庄严的保证

v. 动词

1. 发誓，许愿，起誓，誓约，立誓
2. 郑重宣告，公开宣布，申言誓必..，断言
3. 赌咒
4. 发誓要（做），立誓要… ，起誓要
5. 承认
6. 庄严地许诺

英英释义

Noun:

1. a solemn pledge (to oneself or to another or to a deity) to do something or to behave in a certain manner;

   "they took vows of poverty"
   

Verb:

1. make a vow; promise;

   "He vowed never to drink alcohol again"
   

2. dedicate to a deity by a vow

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. You'd better carry out your solemn vow.
   你最好是履行你那庄严的誓约。
2. All the men took a vow of loyalty to their leader.
   所有士兵都发誓效忠他们的指挥官。
3. Once he took the vow his loyalty never wavered.
   他一旦宣了誓，他就一直忠贞不渝。
4. Catholic priests take a vow of celibacy.
   天主教神父发誓不结婚。

用作动词 (v.)

1. I vowed never to reveal the secret.
   我发誓决不泄漏这一秘密。
2. I vow to give my time and strength to this case.
   我发誓将我的时间和精力致力于这一事业。

经典引文

• With Vows and suppliant Pray'rs appease.

  出自： Dryden

• I made a..vow..that I would not talk seriously.

  出自： G. K. Chesterton

• He had reformed and vowed to turn from his sinful ways.

  出自： C. Dexter

词汇搭配

• marriage vows 婚誓
• under a vow 发誓
• vow and declare [法] 郑重声明...

词义辨析

oath，pledge，vow

• 这些名词均含“誓言”之意。
• oath指对上帝或神发出的庄严、正式的誓言以示自己话语的真实性，现多用于法庭上。
• pledge普通用词，指保证去做或不做某事的郑重许诺。
• vow指庄严的许诺或誓约。

近反义词

【近义词】

• promise 诺言
• pledge 发誓
• oath 誓言
• guarantee 保证
• swear 咒骂
• declaration 宣言
• undertaking 事业
• undertake 承担
• declare 宣布（声明）...
• assert 断言
• assure 使确信
• vouch 担保
• consecrate 供神用
• engagement 约会
• security 安全
• warrant 委任状
• testify 作证