英:[vaʊ]
美:[vaʊ]
英:[vaʊ]
美:[vaʊ]
复数:vows
第三人称单数:vows
现在分词:vowing
过去式:vowed
过去分词:vowed
词根:vow
n.vower 宣誓者
noun
a solemn oath, commitment, or undertaking that binds one to a particular act, service, or condition.They exchanged wedding vows in this chapel.
a formal assertion, declaration, or promise.The gang made a new vow of revenge against the rival gang.
transitive verb
to pledge or promise solemnly; take an oath.In court, she vowed that she would tell the truth.[verb + (that) + clause]After his car accident, he vowed to stop drinking.[verb + infinitive]She vowed to her husband that she would stand by him regardless of what might happen.[verb + to smby/smth + object]
to resolve in earnest to do something; declare emphatically.She vowed that she would never marry again.[verb + (that) + clause]
intransitive verb
to make or take a solemn pledge; make an earnest promise or commitment.
exchange vows订婚;结婚
under a vow发过誓
这组词都有“誓言”的意思,其区别是:
pledge普通用词,指保证去做或不做某事的郑重许诺。
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。
vow指庄严的许诺或誓约。
以上来源于网络
“庄严的承诺”,公元1300年左右,源自盎格鲁-法语和古法语 voe(现代法语 vœu),源自拉丁语 votum “对神的承诺,庄严的保证,奉献; 承诺的事物; 愿望,渴望,祈祷”,是中性形式的名词用法,来自 votus 的过去分词, vovere “庄严地承诺,保证,奉献,发誓”的过去分词,源自 PIE 词根 *wegwh- “庄严地说话,发誓,传教”(源头还包括梵语 vaghat- “献祭者”; 希腊语 eukhe “誓言,愿望”, eukhomai “我祈祷”)。“庄严承诺将自己奉献给宗教秩序或生活”的意义始于公元1400年左右; 早期的“约束自己”是指守贞(14世纪初)。
Noun Middle English vowe, from Anglo-French vou, from Latin votum, from neuter of votus, past participle of vovēre to vow; akin to Greek euchesthai to pray, vow, Sanskrit vāghat sacrificer Verb (2) Middle English, short for avowen
The first known use of vow was in the 13th century
vow1 of 2noun
a solemn promise or statement
vow2 of 2verb
to make a vow or as a vow
to bind or make holy by a vow
vowelnoun
a speech sound produced without obstruction or audible friction in the mouth
a letter (as a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y) representing a vowel
vowelnoun
a speech sound produced without obstruction or audible friction in the mouth
a letter (as a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y) representing a vowel
vow1 of 2noun
a solemn promise or statement
vow2 of 2verb
to make a vow or as a vow
to bind or make holy by a vow
1 “Be not sad for me! I am at peace. I took my vows two years ago. Now I know I shall die in this place,” she says.
2 “I have taken a sacred vow, and vengeance is mine,” he said, unyielding.
3 As she lay in the fork of the great branches, she felt a kind of bliss she had only felt once before; and that was not when she made her vows as a nun.
4 Finally, I let out a long breath and vowed to stop thinking about graves, and undertakers, and dead people.
5 Riddle didn’t want Milton going anywhere near his horse again, and vowed never to run another horse at Pimlico.
6 He vowed that he would prosecute them for fraud.
他郑重宣布将起诉他们犯有欺诈罪.
7 When Adolf Hitler came to power, he vowed to break the treaty, a promise he would keep, one step at a time.
8 Then he remembered the night before, remembered that he was different now, had vowed to be different.
9 With Vows and suppliant Pray'rs appease.
10 No vows to the crown matter now, and watching him murder his own family hasn’t left anyone feeling safe.
11 "How can you still count yourself a knight, when you have forsaken every vow you ever swore?"
12 ...a nun who had taken final vows...
已立誓出家的尼姑
13 "We will never make it rain for the people again," Jade Dragon vowed.
14 Cluny had taken a vow while he lay injured: never again would he allow himself to be thwarted by mice and woodland creatures.
15 It also may let vow solemnly becomes into thin air.
它也可以让信誓旦旦变得烟消云散.
16 Have vowed to stay the yesterday, yet his fate the next life.
《戏》曾经的誓言停留在昨天, 来生的宿命还未演.
17 She vowed never to speak to him again.
她发誓再也不和他说话了。
18 "Only a maester of the Citadel, bound in service to Castle Black and the Night's Watch. In my order, we put aside our house names when we take our vows and don the collar."
19 Posting a video from their vow renewal, Hailey wore a long, lacy white dress and a veil, highlighting her growing bump.
20 I’ll vow to stay a slave until I have the information he wants.
2 声明
declared proclamatory proc. dec. statement announcement protest bull declaration testimony proclamation manifesto pronouncement protestation avowal pronunciamento declare proclaim preconize enounce speak testify avow
5 发誓
swear damn pledge by my faith pledge oneself to under pledge of vow and declare davy swan vum administer attest sacrament plight sunday school words
6 郑重声明
11 断言
affirmant assertory affirmative assertive categorical constative claim representation protest allegation assertion affirmation vouch dictum protestation predication affirmance averment constatation say declare swear affirm predicate allege assert pronounce uphold gage aver avouch asseverate lay heavy odds that assurance asseveration undertake