vouchsafe
vt.赐予,允许
难易程度:
vouchsafe为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:vouchsafement 动词过去式:vouchsafed 过去分词:vouchsafed 现在分词:vouchsafing 第三人称单数:vouchsafes
vouchsafe
/vaʊtʃ'seɪf; vautʃ`sef/
v [Tn, Dn.n, Dn.pr] ~ sth (to sb) (dated or fml 旧或文) grant sth (to sb) as a gift or privilege 将某事物赐予或给予(某人)(作为礼物或特权)
*be vouchsafed a vision of the future 有先见之明
* vouchsafe to him certain official secrets 让他知悉官方某些秘密.
vouchsafe
v [T]old-fashioned formal
[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: vouch + safe]
to promise or offer something, or tell someone something that they can be certain is the truth