Vow
[vaʊ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a solemn pledge (to oneself or to another or to a deity) to do something or to behave in a certain manner; 'they took vows of poverty'.
(verb.) make a vow; promise; 'He vowed never to drink alcohol again'.
(verb.) dedicate to a deity by a vow.
編輯:马克斯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A solemn promise made to God, or to some deity; an act by which one consecrates or devotes himself, absolutely or conditionally, wholly or in part, for a longer or shorter time, to some act, service, or condition; a devotion of one's possessions; as, a baptismal vow; a vow of poverty.
(n.) Specifically, a promise of fidelity; a pledge of love or affection; as, the marriage vow.
(n.) To give, consecrate, or dedicate to God, or to some deity, by a solemn promise; to devote; to promise solemnly.
(n.) To assert solemnly; to asseverate.
(v. i.) To make a vow, or solemn promise.
錄入:温德尔
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Promise (solemnly made), pledge.
v. a. Consecrate, dedicate, devote.
v. n. Promise (solemnly), pledge one's word.
手打:雷切尔
解釋/意思:
n. a voluntary promise made to God and as such carrying with it the most stringent obligation to its fulfilment: a solemn or formal promise of fidelity or affection: (Shak.) a positive assertion.—v.t. to give by solemn promise: to devote: to threaten to maintain solemnly.—v.i. to make vows.—n. Vow′-fell′ow (Shak.) one bound by the same vow.—Baptismal vows the promises made at baptism by the person baptised or by the sponsors or parents in his name; Monastic vows (see Monastery); Solemn as opposed to Simple vows such vows as the Church takes under her special charge or is said in a solemn manner to accept as those of poverty obedience and chastity involving complete and irrevocable surrender.
手打:蒙塔古
娱乐性解釋/意思:
To dream that you are making or listening to vows, foretells complaint will be made against you of unfaithfulness in business, or some love contract. To take the vows of a church, denotes you will bear yourself with unswerving integrity through some difficulty. To break or ignore a vow, foretells disastrous consequences will attend your dealings.
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例句/造句/用法:
- As to dressing, I make this vow: I'll never dress more finely than as you see me at present. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- But no love shines on her brow, Nor breaks she a marriage-vow, Love is colder. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- In his last illness, he had it brought continually to his bedside; and but an hour before he died, he bound me by vow to keep the creature. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- I am bound by my vow to do so, replied the knight; but I would willingly know who you are, who request my assistance in their behalf? 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- I vow to Saint Nicholas of Limoges a candlestick of pure gold-- Spare thy vow, said the Templar, and mark me. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- But the vow had been part of the bargain by which he secured the support of Pope Innocent III in his election as emperor. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Now, Pa, attend to what I am going to say, and promise and vow to be obedient. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Moreover, a priest is a man vowed, trained, and consecrated, a man belonging to a special corps, and necessarily with an intense _esprit de corps_. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- I vowed to myself I would see them all to the devil. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- I vowed that, come what might, it should be a secret no longer. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- Some day it may be we shall see a new order of Jesuits, vowed not to the service of the Pope, but to the service of mankind. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- You have promised and vowed. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- I have vowed not to go back, Eustacia. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- I had vowed to my own heart never to shadow her countenance even with transient grief, and should I prove recreant at the hour of greatest need? 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- God knows, I put my trust in his vows, and believe his asserted faith--but for that, I would not seek what I am now resolved to attain. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- But now--that little BUT passed like a sponge over all his vows. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- His final method of taking his vows marks him the countryman of Don Quixote. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- After all our debatings and difficulties, we find there is nothing that will suit us altogether so well, nothing so unexceptionable, as Lovers' Vows. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Nay, said the Friar, if thou dost retract vows made in favour of holy Church, thou must do penance. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- A man vows, and yet will not cast away the means of breaking his vow. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Lovers' Vows were at an end, and Lord and Lady Ravenshaw left to act My Grandmother by themselves. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- There's a hackney-coachman downstairs with a black eye, and a tied-up head, vowing he'll have the law of you. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Legree, cursing his ill luck, and vowing dire vengeance on the morrow, went to bed. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
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