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单词 vow
释义
vow
verb[T]
uk
/vaʊ/us
/vaʊ/
C2
to make adetermineddecisionorpromiseto do something:
发誓，立誓
[+ (that)]Theguerrillasvowed(that)they wouldoverthrowthegovernment.游击队发誓要推翻政府。
[+ to infinitive]After theawfulmealswe had lastChristmas, I vowedtodo more of thecookingmyself.自从去年圣诞节我们吃过几顿糟糕的饭之后，我就发誓要自己常做饭。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to promise someone something
  • promiseI promise that I'll be home before dark.
  • guaranteeI can't guarantee that the operation will be successful.
  • give (someone) your wordHe gave me his word that the job would be finished on time.
  • assure"Don't worry, your car will be ready tomorrow", the mechanic assured him.
  • swearI didn't know what happened, I swear.
  • pledgeWe are asking people to pledge their support for our campaign.
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More examples
  • From thatdayon, she vowed never totrusthim again.
  • After alengthyandpainfuldivorce, she vowed never toremarry.
  • She has vowed tostandby herhusbandduring histrial.
  • She has vowed toremaintrueto thepresidentwhateverhappens.
  • Tamir, one of severalsonsof theexiledruler, vowed he wouldliberatehiscountryfrom thetyrant.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Making & breaking promises & commitments
  • bond
  • breach
  • broken
  • cross my heart (and hope to die)idiom
  • deliver
  • fink
  • go back onsomething
  • Hippocratic oath
  • honour
  • keep (herself) toherselfidiom
  • promise
  • redeem
  • renege
  • so help me (God)idiom
  • swear
  • uncommitted
  • unkept
  • vouch forsomething/someone
  • warranty
  • welch
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vow
noun[C]
uk
/vaʊ/us
/vaʊ/
C2
aseriouspromiseordecision:
誓言；誓约
[+ to infinitive]Shetook/madea vow never tolendmoneyto anyone again.她发誓再也不借钱给别人了。
Synonyms
assurance(PROMISE)
bond(PROMISE)
commitment
guarantee
oath(PROMISE)
pledge
promise(SAY CERTAINLY)
undertaking(PROMISE)formal
word(PROMISE)
More examples
  • Cistercianmonksandnunstake a vow ofsilence.
  • He took a vow toabstainfromalcohol.
  • As amonk, he took vows ofchastity,povertyandobedience.
  • Theydecidedtorenewtheirweddingvows.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Making & breaking promises & commitments
  • bond
  • breach
  • broken
  • cross my heart (and hope to die)idiom
  • deliver
  • fink
  • go back onsomething
  • Hippocratic oath
  • honour
  • keep (herself) toherselfidiom
  • promise
  • redeem
  • renege
  • so help me (God)idiom
  • swear
  • uncommitted
  • unkept
  • vouch forsomething/someone
  • warranty
  • welch
See more results »
(Definition ofvowfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

vow| American Dictionary

vow
verb
us
/vɑʊ/
to make afirmpromiseordecisionto do something:
[+ (that) clause]They vowed (that) they would neverforgetherkindness.
[+ to infinitive]After myillnessI vowed toexerciseeveryday.

vow

noun[C]us
/vɑʊ/
Theyexchangedmarriagevows in a Manhattancourthouse.
(Definition ofvowfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofvow

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It is no wonder that, as nationalist identities intensified in the city, ethnic identity remained important and ethnic groups vowed not to disband.
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We are left to imagine just what the nature of thatvowwas.
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For those who like the idea of writing their own wedding vows, this might be something to keep in mind.
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He vows that only a "sweeping and consummate vengeance for the indignity alone should satisfy him" (49).
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He also vowed to block a special session called by the legislature.
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Even the narrator distorts the original proceedings, commenting that "when those earlier vows were made, what had she cared for prudence" (118).
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The other three entered the church, and theirvowof celibacy meant that they were excluded from inheritance.
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Clerical immorality, the inevitable result of an unnaturalvow, led to a moral decline among the laity.
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He was pardoned only after officially vowing to refrain from political commentary or activity.
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Physicians, unlike some clergy, are not sworn to avowof poverty.
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Their own children did not stick to their commitments and vows and had behaved in ways that went against their proclaimed moral code.
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Among these, over 4,000 had vowed to live in celibacy.
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Now, he assures her, she will complete his happiness if she will accept his exhortation to cross the sea in fulfilment of their former vows.
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We cause your minds, vows, plans to bend (nam-masi).
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Of course, we could imagine a modification to the wedding vows.
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