pledge
[pledʒ] noun countable
ADVANCED
■a serious or formal promise, especially one to give money or to be a friend, or something that you give as a sign that you will keep a promise 誓言；诺言；保证•[+ to infinitive] All the candidates have given/made pledges not to raise taxes if they are elected.所有的候选人都保证当选后不增税。 •Thousands of people made pledges (= promised to give money) to the Children in Need charity campaign.数千人承诺捐款给救助儿童慈善运动。 •I give you this ring as a pledge of my everlasting love for you.我把这枚戒指送给你作为我永志不渝爱的信物。
[pledʒ] noun countable
take/sign the pledge UK old-fashioned or humorous
■to make a formal promise to stop drinking alcohol 发誓戒酒•What's this then, you're only drinking orange juice - have you signed the pledge or something?这是怎么回事？你只喝柳橙汁——你是发过誓不再喝酒了，还是其他甚么原因？
[pledʒ] verb transitive
ADVANCED
■to make a serious or formal promise to give or do something 发誓；保证•We are asking people to pledge their support for our campaign.我们正请求人们承诺支持我们的运动。 •If you join the armed forces, you have to pledge allegiance to your country.如果从军，你必须宣誓效忠你的祖国。 •So far, £50 000 has been pledged (= people have promised to pay this amount) in response to the appeal.到目前为止，人们已承诺捐款五万英镑以回应这项呼吁。 •[+ to infinitive] Both sides have pledged to end the fighting.双方均已保证停战。 •I've been pledged to secrecy.我已发誓保守秘密。 |