oath
英 [əʊθ]
美[oθ]
- n. 誓言，誓约；诅咒，咒骂
词态变化
复数: oaths;
中文词源
oath 誓言，诅咒
来自古英语ath,发誓，以神的名义起誓所言为真，来自Proto-Germanic*aithaz,来自PIE*oito,发誓。引申词义诅咒。
英文词源
- oath (n.)
- Old English að "oath, judicial swearing, solemn appeal to deity in witness of truth or a promise," from Proto-Germanic *aithaz (cognates: Old Norse eiðr, Swedish ed, Old Saxon, Old Frisian eth, Middle Dutch eet, Dutch eed, German eid, Gothic aiþs "oath"), from PIE *oi-to- "an oath" (cognates: Old Irish oeth "oath"). Common to Celtic and Germanic, possibly a loan-word from one to the other, but the history is obscure. In reference to careless invocations of divinity, from late 12c.
双语例句
- 1. His girlfriend had gone into the witness box and taken the oath.
- 他的女朋友进入证人席并立了誓。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Under oath, Aston finally admitted that he had lied.
- 在宣誓的约束下，阿斯顿终于承认自己撒了谎。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The constitution requires members of parliament to take an oath of allegiance.
- 宪法规定，议员必须宣誓效忠。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. I have sworn an oath to defend her.
- 我发誓要保护她。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Three officers gave evidence on oath against him.
- 3位警官经宣誓提出了对他不利的证据。
来自柯林斯例句