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take vows

/vou/US // vaʊ //UK // (vaʊ) //

宣誓,立誓,发誓,誓言

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a solemn promise, pledge, or personal commitment: marriage vows; a vow of secrecy.
    • : a solemn promise made to a deity or saint committing oneself to an act, service, or condition.
    • : a solemn or earnest declaration.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to make a vow of; promise by a vow, as to God or a saint: to vow a crusade or a pilgrimage.
    • : to pledge or resolve solemnly to do, make, give, observe, etc.: They vowed revenge.
    • : to declare solemnly or earnestly; assert emphatically: She vowed that she would take the matter to court.
    • : to dedicate or devote by a vow: to vow oneself to the service of God.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to make a vow.
    • : to make a solemn or earnest declaration.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Examples

  • We thank the Council for their action today, as we all reaffirm our vow that hate has no place in the District of Columbia.

  • Encouraged by a friend, I wrote and asked if, while she stayed with us, the justice might consider officiating over a brief ceremony to renew our marriage vows.

  • As major drug companies prepare a public vow to adhere to the most rigorous vaccine safety standards, watch for a fringe-driven conversation against vaccines to accelerate.

  • Katelyn Stanis, owner of vow writing company Wedding Words, had to cut her own guest list down from 100 to 15.

  • In addition to being a part of the strange club of 2020 brides, Stanis knows what it’s like to be on both sides of the bridal party––after all, she’s a professional wedding vow and speechwriter.

  • Kenyatta made a Bush-like vow to continue the war on Al-Shabab, saying, “We will not flinch.”

  • Under unusually blue skies in Beijing, the American and Chinese presidents vow cooperation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

  • He made the vow on June 30, and I remember thinking at the time how strange it seemed.

  • Somewhat coyly, Skidmore admits that “Richard was to break this solemn vow in spectacular style.”

  • Hamas spokesmen stand by the hospital gates and denounce the attack on Al Shejaiya as a massacre and vow to fight on.

  • My mother opposed her vow to his; not to suffer her child to leave her, till the time of her being professed.

  • The swearing of an oath always brings under obligation to God, and therefore always includes the making of a vow.

  • I have made a vow never to be hanged in the beginning of a revolution, nor to be shot in the beginning of a war.

  • The apprehension that God will punish for not making fulfilment to him accompanies equally the oath and the vow.

  • In like manner, the Nazarite separated himself from certain things, not merely in reality, but likewise by vow.