pledge是什么意思_pledge怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

pay (an amount of money) as a contribution to a charity or service, especially at regular intervals;"I pledged $10 a month to my favorite radio station"

propose a toast to;"Let us toast the birthday girl!"
"Let"s drink to the New Year"

give as a guarantee;"I pledge my honor"

bind or secure by a pledge;"I was pledged to silence"

中英词源

pledge 请求，许诺，誓言

来自古法语plege,保证，来自Proto-Germanic*plego,责任，担保，来自PIE*dlegh,忙于，从事于，责任，承诺，来自PIE*del,长的，词源同long,play,plight.引申词义请求，许诺，誓言等。

pledge: pledge: [14] Pledge comes via Old French plege from late Latin plebium, a derivative of the verb plebīre ‘pledge’. This was probably borrowed from Frankish *plegan ‘guarantee’, a derivative of the same Germanic base as produced English plight ‘pledge’ [OE] (as in ‘plight one’s troth’) and German pflicht ‘duty’.
=> plight
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.
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" (cognates: 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;" see plight (v.)).

Meaning "allegiance vow attested by drinking with another" is from 1630s. Sense of "solemn promise" first recorded 1814, though this notion is from 16c. in the verb. Weekley notes the "curious contradiction" in pledge (v.) "to toast with a drink" (1540s) and pledge (n.) "the vow to abstain from drinking" (1833). Meaning "student who has agreed to join a fraternity or sorority" dates from 1901.

词态变化

复数 pledges;
第三人称单数 pledges;
过去式 pledged;
过去分词 pledged;
现在分词 pledging;

权威造句

1. His tax-cutting pledge brought a delirious crowd to their feet.: 他减税的承诺让亢奋的人群欢呼雀跃起来。

2. In the treaty both sides pledge to respect human rights.: 双方在条约中都承诺将尊重人权。

3. I pledge that by next year we will have the problem solved.: 我保证来年之前我们将解决这个问题。

4. The agreement includes a pledge of non-aggression.: 协议包括不发动侵略的保证。

5. a pledge of support: 支援的许诺

近反义词

agreement

contract

oath

vow

warranty

相似短语

be in pledge 在抵押中, 典当着【法】在抵押中, 典当著

pledge to 保证

in pledge 【法】在抵押中, 在典当中

commercial pledge 【经】商业上的抵押

pledge of obligation 债权抵押

negative pledge 负抵押

pledge of movables 动产抵押

the pledge of love 爱的结晶(指子女)

hold in pledge 【经】抵押

pledge the credit of 假借信用

单词分析

这些动词都有“保证”之意。
ensure侧重使人相信某个行为或力量产生的结果。
insure常与ensure换用，但前者多指经济方面的保证、保险。
assure侧重指消除某人思想上的怀疑或担心，从而有达到目的的保证感，但不如ensure普通。
guarantee指对事物的品质或人的行为及履行义务、义务等承担责任的保证。
pledge正式用词，指通过郑重许诺、协议或立誓等保证承担某一义务或遵守某一原则。
promise侧重表自己的主观意向，设法用语言使人感到稳当可靠。

记忆方法

1. 在漂亮美眉的边缘、旁边向她发誓一定会爱她到永远。直到天荒地老、海枯石烂。

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