oath
noun[C]
uk/əʊθ/us/oʊθ/oathnoun[C](PROMISE)
apromise,especiallythat you willtellthetruthin alawcourt:
（尤指法庭上的）誓言，誓约，宣誓Medievalknightstookan oathofallegiance/loyaltytotheirlord.中世纪骑士宣誓效忠于君主。
Thewitnessplacedherhandon theBibleandtook theoath(=promisedtotellthetruth).证人将手放在《圣经》上，起誓要讲真话。
Synonyms
assurance(PROMISE)
bond(PROMISE)
commitment
guarantee
pledge
promise(SAY CERTAINLY)
undertaking(PROMISE)formal
vow
word(PROMISE)
be under/on oath
to haveformallypromisedtotellthetruth:
已宣誓要讲真话Thejudgeremindedthewitnessthat she was under oath.法官提醒证人她宣过誓要据实作证。
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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Court cases, orders & decisions
oathnoun[C](SWEAR WORD)
old-fashioned
anoffensiveword,especiallyone that uses anameforGod:
（尤指提及神灵的）诅咒，咒骂muttering/mouthingoaths低声／默默地咒骂
Swearing and blasphemy
- air
- bad language
- blaspheme
- blasphemously
- C-word
- cuss
- damn
- dirty word
- eff
- expletive
- imprecation
- profanity
- strong
- swear like a trooperidiom
- sworn
- the air is blueidiom
- the F-word
- the N-word
- trooper
- wash