vowing

英 [ˈvaʊɪŋ]

美 [ˈvaʊɪŋ]

v.  起誓; 立誓; 发誓
vow的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB 发誓;起誓;立誓
  If youvow todo something, you make a serious promise or decision that you will do it.
  1. While many models vow to go back to college, few do...
     很多模特发誓要重回大学校园，但很少有人做到。
  2. I solemnly vowed that someday I would return to live in Europe...
     我郑重发誓，总有一天我将回到欧洲生活。
  3. 'I'll kill him,' she vowed...
     “我要宰了他，”她发誓说。
  4. They have vowed a quick and decisive response.
     他们立誓要给出一个快速果断的回应。
• N-COUNT 誓言;诺言
  Avowis a serious promise or decision to do a particular thing.
  1. I made a silent vow to be more careful in the future...
     我暗暗发誓，日后要倍加小心。
  2. I had to admire David's vow that he would leave the programme.
     戴维发誓要离开这个项目，我不得不对他表示钦佩。
• N-COUNT 誓词;誓约;宣言
  Vowsare a particular set of serious promises, such as the promises two people make when they are getting married.
  1. I took my marriage vows and kept them.
     我结婚时许下誓言，并一直信守。
  2. ...a nun who had taken final vows...
     已立誓出家的尼姑
  3. He had broken his vow of poverty.
     他违背了他安贫乐道的誓言。

双语例句

• Vowing revenge against the Scourge, he sharpened his skills for battle.
  他精炼自己的战技，矢志要向天谴军复仇。
• BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Argentina's president emerged from mourning Monday vowing to honor the memory of her husband and predecessor, Nestor Kirchner, as she leads the country.
  布宜诺斯艾利斯，阿根廷&阿根廷总统在星期一从哀悼中现身，发誓要纪念她的丈夫和前任总统，内斯托尔·基什内尔，由于她领导该国。
• Despite vowing to come home to Chicago as often as possible, the Obamas spend most of their time in Washington and have chosen Camp David and Martha's Vineyard for recent vacations.
  尽管承诺要尽量多回芝加哥老家，但现在奥巴马一家大多数时间都住在华盛顿，而且最近的度假地也选在了戴维营和玛莎葡萄园岛。
• She tried to embrace the protests while vowing to restore public order and prevent the repetition of vandalism and looting in various cities and attacks against public buildings that had shocked the country.
  她试图一方面欢迎抗议，另一方面誓言恢复公共秩序，防止那些令全国震惊的行为（包括在不同城市出现的破坏和抢劫，以及对公共建筑的冲击）重演。
• On Saturday Mr Obama sought to allay concerns among allies about the US commitment to the Asia-Pacific region, vowing it would remain a fundamental focus of US foreign policy and that America would not be distracted from it by global events.
  对于美国对亚太地区的承诺，奥巴马上周六试图化解盟友的担忧，誓言亚太地区将继续是美国外交政策的根本关注重点，美国不会因全球性事件而分散对这个重点的注意力。
• He then asks her to include Kim on the call, and Jack pledges his love to them, vowing to come to their rescue.
  然后，杰克要泰瑞把金姆也叫到手机话筒旁边来，杰克向她们许诺了他对她们母女的爱，发誓要将她们救出来。
• Jennifer couldn't contain her tears when vowing to remain true "in sickness and in health".
  珍妮无法控制她的眼泪时，誓言要保持真正的“病中，并在健康”。
• Chinese government Wednesday announced guidelines designed to boost the development of home services industry across the country, vowing financial support and tax cuts.
  我国本周三公布了在全国范围内促进家政服务业发展的政策措施，并指出要对该行业提供财政支持和税收优惠。
• From Greg Sargent, here's a clip of O'Donnell enthusiastically vowing to keep America from having sex.
  格雷格萨金特，这有一份剪辑了的来自恭奥多内尔充满热情的郑重的宣告要让美国尽量避免性生活。
• The Taliban are vowing to disrupt Thursday's balloting.
  塔利班扬言要扰乱星期四的选举。