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pledge

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n.保证,誓言,抵押,抵押品 vt.保证,使发誓,抵押,典当,举杯祝...健康

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pledge


/pledʒ; plɛdʒ/
n
1 solemn promise; vow 誓言; 誓约; 保证
*give a pledge never to reveal the secret 保证决不泄密.
2 (a) thing left with a person to be kept until the giver has done sth promised, eg paid a debt 保证物(如为还债的).
(b) article left with a pawnbroker in exchange for sth, esp money 典当物.
3 thing given to sb as a sign of friendship, love, etc (表示友情、爱情等的)信物, 象徵物
*gifts exchanged as a pledge of friendship 交换的象徵友谊的礼物.
4 (idm 习语) in/out of pledge left with sb until the giver has paid a debt, etc/no longer left on these conditions 在抵押中[已不在抵押中]
*put/hold sth in pledge 以[收下]某物作抵押
* take sth out of pledge 赎回抵押的某物. sign/take the `pledge (esp joc 尤作戏谑语) make a solemn promise never to drink alcohol 发誓戒酒. under pledge of sth in the state of having agreed to or promised sth 在誓约或承诺某事的约束下
*You are under pledge of secrecy. 你已发过誓要保密.

v
1 (a) [Tn, Tn.pr, Dn.n, Dn.t] ~ sth (to sb/sth) (fml 文) promise solemnly to give (support,etc); give (one's word, honour, etc) as a pledge 保证给予(支持等); 以(誓言、名誉等)作担保
*pledge allegiance(ie loyalty) to the king 发誓效忠国王
* pledge a donation (to a charity) 承诺(向慈善机构)捐献
* be pledged to secrecy/to keeping a secret 誓守秘密.
(b)[Tn, Tn.pr, Cn.t] ~ sb/oneself (to sth/to do sth) promise solemnly that sb/one will do sth or support a cause, etc保证某人[自己]做某事或支持某事业等
*The Government has pledged itself to send aid to the famine victims. 政府已承诺赈济饥民.
2 [Tn] leave (sth) with sb as a pledge (2b) 典当(某物)
*He's pledged (ie pawned) his mother's wedding ring. 他把母亲的结婚戒指典当了.
3 [Tn] (fml 文) drink to the health of (sb); toast (sb) 为(某人)的健康祝酒; 向(某人)祝酒
*pledge the bride and bridegroom 向新娘和新郎祝酒.

pledge


Broken Pledge is an Alove for Enemies EP released in 2003 on Strikefist Records.
1. But few foreign graduates came home to "pay their pledge", as Nehru had put it.
    但是只有寥寥无几的海外留学生像尼赫鲁所说的那样学成后回国"履行他们的诺言"。

2. The gambler had no more money and put his house in pledge.
    那赌徒拿不出什么钱来了, 就把自己的房子作了抵押。

3. I gave him my pledge that I would vote for him.
    我向他保证我将投他的票。

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