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

• TONY BLAIR, the prime minister, came to power vowing to restore trust in politics by forging a "contract with the British people".
  首相托尼·布莱尔上台执政那会曾信誓旦旦，说要与英国人民“签订合同”，以期恢复民众对国家政治的信任。
• After he was arrested Friday, the 69-year-old former military ruler took to Facebook, calling the allegations against him politically motivated and vowing to fight them.
  这位69岁的前军事领导人在星期五被捕之后在脸书上说，对他的指控有政治动机，他要抗辩到底。
• Michael Dell returned as CEO in 2007, vowing to revive the company.
  迈克尔•戴尔2007年重返公司担任首席执行官，誓言重振公司。
• The Taliban are vowing to disrupt Thursday's balloting.
  塔利班扬言要扰乱星期四的选举。
• 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”。
• 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。
• Yesterday the President held a job summit at the White House, vowing to take "every responsible step to accelerate job creation".
  昨天总统在白宫举行了一个有关工作的首脑会议，誓言要采取“所有负责的措施来加速就业机会的创造”。
• Union leaders who met the president on November 13th emerged vowing to remain "mobilised".
  于11月13日与总统会面的工会领导出现在公众面前，发誓一定保持动员状态。
• He made headlines by vowing to jump off the Great Wall if his team stumbled.
  他在报纸头条上发誓如果球队落选的话，他将从长城上跳下去。
• 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。