oath中文什么意思

n.
(pl. oaths )
1.誓言，誓约；【法律】宣誓。
2.(咒骂、强调、发怒等时的)妄用神名，渎神的言词；诅咒；咒骂语 〔God damn you! 之类〕。
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an oath of allegiance 效忠宣誓。 an oath of office＝an official oath 就职宣誓。 a false oath 伪誓。 grind out an oath 切齿诅咒。 make an oath 立誓，宣誓。 on [upon, under] oath＝ (up) on my oath 发誓，必定。 put (sb.) on (his) oath 使(某人)立誓。 take [swear] an oath＝ make oath. take one's oath that... 立誓说…是千真万确的。

• on oath:    发誓
• abjuration oath (of:    弃绝之誓
• administrator of oath:    监誓人

例句与用法

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1. Tom stood by his oath to his father .
   汤姆遵守他给父亲立下的誓言。
2. A crane and a crow had made a league on oath .
   鹤和乌鸦宣誓结盟。
3. Harran shut his teeth with an oath .
   哈伦咒骂了一声，咬紧了牙关。
4. I did not tell anyone , on my oath .
   我保证我没有告诉过任何人。
5. He was willing to take his oath to all he said .
   他愿对他所说的一切起誓。

英文释义

名词

1. a commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of law); to lie under oath is to become subject to prosecution for perjury
   同义词：swearing
2. profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger; "expletives were deleted"
   同义词：curse, curse word, expletive, swearing, swearword, cuss
3. a solemn promise, usually invoking a divine witness, regarding your future acts or behavior; "they took an oath of allegiance"

百科释义

An oath (from Anglo-Saxon ā?, also called plight) is either a statement of fact or a promise calling upon something or someone that the oath maker considers sacred, usually God, as a witness to the binding nature of the promise or the truth of the statement of fact. To swear is to take an oath, to make a solemn vow.