pledged
past simple and past participle ofpledge
| 单词 | pledged |
| 释义 | pledged past simple and past participle ofpledge pledge verb[T] uk/pledʒ/us/pledʒ/to make aseriousorformalpromiseto give or do something: We areaskingpeopleto pledgetheirsupportforourcampaign. If youjointhearmedforces, you have to pledgeallegiancetoyourcountry. Sofar, £50,000 has been pledged(=peoplehavepromisedtopaythisamount)inresponseto theappeal. [+ to infinitive]Bothsideshave pledgedtoend thefighting. I've been pledgedtosecrecy. to promise someone something
Making & breaking promises & commitments
Examplesofpledgedpledged In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Given this definition, we see that the electroacoustic community has alreadypledgedallegiance to transcendence. From theCambridge English Corpus Aldermen, vestrymen and the governors of guilds solemnlypledgednot to scatter ' secret ' matters abroad. From theCambridge English Corpus All member states werepledgedto remove all impediments to international trade. From theCambridge English Corpus On the point of default the creditors usually found that the assetspledgedas their security were beyond their reach. From theCambridge English Corpus We havepledgedourselves to the care of the sick. From theCambridge English Corpus Pledgedalliances did not have a force of constraint over participants to the extent their form encourages us to believe. From theCambridge English Corpus My virtue has alreadypledgeditself to continue the contest. From theCambridge English Corpus They mutuallypledgedto one another that they would not allow similar interventions in the event either was in a hopeless situation. From theCambridge English Corpus The long-servers, most of the hands but especially spinners, were detailed and praised, and loyalty, including political loyalty,pledgedto the son. From theCambridge English Corpus An organization of peoplepledgedto donate organs to one another functions in a very real sense to circumvent policy prohibiting socially directed donation. From theCambridge English Corpus For a list of planned andpledgedinvestment projects see their reports (1998). From theCambridge English Corpus When both sidespledgedto support the political goals of some of their enemies' subject nationalities, others were endangered. From theCambridge English Corpus Where the frankpledge system existed, all free and servile men werepledgedto one another in small groups, usually of ten men, providing mutual surety. From theCambridge English Corpus One, grufflypledgedto the unadumbrated vulgate and, quick in temper, stands in scorn of any bookishness. From theCambridge English Corpus Revealingly, however, only half of these households found themselves able to redeem the goods they hadpledged. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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