
oath基本信息
读法:英 [əʊθ] 美 [oθ]
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英英释义
Noun:
中英词源
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。
- 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.
词态变化
复数 oaths;
权威造句
- 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。
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- 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。
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- 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。
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- 4. I have sworn an oath to defend her.
- 我发誓要保护她。
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- 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。
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