oath
oath 英 [əʊθ] 美 [oʊθ]
n. 誓言，誓约(向上帝)；诅咒，咒骂(向魔鬼)
名词复数:oaths
- An oath is a promise. If you want to borrow your brother's car, you may have to swear a solemn oath that you will bring it back unharmed.
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- n. 誓言，誓约(向上帝)；诅咒，咒骂(向魔鬼)
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1. to take an oath of allegiance, to swear an oath of allegiance
宣誓效忠
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2. Before giving evidence, witnesses in court have to take the oath .
作证之前，证人必须当庭宣誓据实作证。
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3. She heard the sound of breaking glass, followed by a muttered oath.
她听到打碎玻璃的响声，接着是低声的咒骂。
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4. Is she prepared to give evidence on oath?
她愿意宣誓据实作证吗？
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5. The judge reminded the witness that he was still under oath.
法官提醒证人，他仍然受宣誓的约束。
- oath (n.) Old English að "oath, judicial swearing, solemn appeal to deity in witness of truth or a promise," from Proto-Germanic *aithaz (source also of 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" (source also of 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.
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