vows

英 [vaʊz]

美 [vaʊz]

v.  起誓; 立誓; 发誓
vow的第三人称单数

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

• Priest: Families and friends, you are witnesses to these vows.
  牧师：家人和朋友，你是这些誓言的证人。
• Jack has also prepared his vows.
  jack也已经准备好他的誓言了。
• A member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience.
  被坚守贫困、纯洁贞洁和顺从的誓约束缚的宗教秩序中的成员。
• To Many Vows Like This One Will Make Us Silly.
  向这样太多的誓言会让我们变的愚蠢。
• Although they had not made love, they had secretly exchanged solemn vows and pledges, bearing their hearts to each other.
  虽未成双，却也海誓山盟，私传表记，已有无限的风情了。
• An entrance procedure requiring a three-year novitiate and solemn vows ensured a committed membership.
  入口的程序，需要一个三年期见习和庄严的誓言确保了承诺的成员。
• I will fulfill my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people.
  我要在他众民面前向耶和华还我的愿。
• That is what the wedding vows are all about. I make the commitment once.
  这就是在婚礼誓言中所说的，并且我只承诺一次。
• I think I ought to take vows of silence.
  我觉得我应该发誓不说话。
• I entirely forgot the vows and promises that I made in my distress.
  我完全忘记了我在危难中发出的誓愿和诺言。