pledge
pledge 英 [pledʒ] 美 [plɛdʒ]
n. 保证，誓言；抵押；抵押品，典当物 vt. 保证，许诺；用……抵押；举杯祝……健康
进行时:pledging 过去式:pledged 过去分词:pledged 第三人称单数:pledges 名词复数:pledges
- A pledge is basically very serious formal promise. You can pledge allegiance to your country, you can pledge to keep a secret, and you can pledge a sum of money to a cause.
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- n. 保证，誓言；抵押；抵押品，典当物
- vt. 保证，许诺；用……抵押；举杯祝……健康
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1. None will be hit, I pledge my honour.
我保证一个人也不会受到伤害。
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2. I have left the watch as pledge for borrowed money.
我留下这块手表作为借款的抵押物。
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3. "I pledge to you that I will end the war in Iraq, bring our troops home and take care of our veterans the way they should be cared for!" she said.
克林顿说：“向你们保证我将结束伊拉克战争，让我们的部队返回家园，并将使得我们的退役军人得到他们应有的照顾。”
- pledge (n.) mid-14c., "surety, bail," from Old French plege (Modern French pleige) "hostage, security, bail," probably from Frankish *plegan "to guarantee," from *pleg-, a West Germanic root meaning "have responsibility for" (source also of Old Saxon plegan "vouch for," Middle Dutch plien "to answer for, guarantee," Old High German pflegan "to care for, be accustomed to," Old English pleon "to risk the loss of, expose to danger"), from PIE root *dlegh- "to engage oneself, be or become fixed."
- pledge (v.) c. 1400, "to promise" (something to someone), "to give over as security for repayment," also "promise faith to," from pledge (n.) and from Old French plegier, from plege (n.). From mid-15c. as "to stand surety for, be responsible for;" late 15c. as "to mortgage." Meaning "put (someone) under oath" is from 1570s; sense of "to solemnly promise or guarantee" is from 1590s, as is sense "to drink a toast." Related: Pledged; pledging.
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