vowing

英 [ˈvaʊɪŋ]

美 [ˈvaʊɪŋ]

v.  起誓; 立誓; 发誓
vow的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB 发誓;起誓;立誓
  If youvow todo something, you make a serious promise or decision that you will do it.
  1. While many models vow to go back to college, few do...
     很多模特发誓要重回大学校园，但很少有人做到。
  2. I solemnly vowed that someday I would return to live in Europe...
     我郑重发誓，总有一天我将回到欧洲生活。
  3. 'I'll kill him,' she vowed...
     “我要宰了他，”她发誓说。
  4. They have vowed a quick and decisive response.
     他们立誓要给出一个快速果断的回应。
• N-COUNT 誓言;诺言
  Avowis a serious promise or decision to do a particular thing.
  1. I made a silent vow to be more careful in the future...
     我暗暗发誓，日后要倍加小心。
  2. I had to admire David's vow that he would leave the programme.
     戴维发誓要离开这个项目，我不得不对他表示钦佩。
• N-COUNT 誓词;誓约;宣言
  Vowsare a particular set of serious promises, such as the promises two people make when they are getting married.
  1. I took my marriage vows and kept them.
     我结婚时许下誓言，并一直信守。
  2. ...a nun who had taken final vows...
     已立誓出家的尼姑
  3. He had broken his vow of poverty.
     他违背了他安贫乐道的誓言。

双语例句

• Mr Thaksin took office vowing to run his country like a company, leading voters to hope he would enrich them as well.
  他信先生上台时，誓言要像经营企业那样管理国家，选民们因此希望他也能带领他们致富。
• President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild its collapsed bridge.
  布什总统承诺将帮助明尼阿波利斯重建坍塌的大桥。
• Chinese government Wednesday announced guidelines designed to boost the development of home services industry across the country, vowing financial support and tax cuts.
  我国本周三公布了在全国范围内促进家政服务业发展的政策措施，并指出要对该行业提供财政支持和税收优惠。
• South Korea's defense ministry is vowing a strong and decisive response if North Korea follows through on its threat to break a 60-year-old armistice.
  韩国国防部誓言，如果朝鲜将其有关废除已经存在60年之久的停战协定的威胁付诸实施，韩国方面就要做出有力而果断的反应。
• The Taliban are vowing to disrupt Thursday's balloting.
  塔利班扬言要扰乱星期四的选举。
• He made headlines by vowing to jump off the Great Wall if his team stumbled.
  他在报纸头条上发誓如果球队落选的话，他将从长城上跳下去。
• Serena Williams is vowing to do what she can to end that streak at one tournament.
  瑟琳娜威廉斯是立誓要为她可以做一个结束，联赛条纹。
• After he was arrested Friday, the 69-year-old former military ruler took to Facebook, calling the allegations against him politically motivated and vowing to fight them.
  这位69岁的前军事领导人在星期五被捕之后在脸书上说，对他的指控有政治动机，他要抗辩到底。
• Vowing revenge against the Scourge, he sharpened his skills for battle.
  他精炼自己的战技，矢志要向天谴军复仇。
• Union leaders who met the president on November 13th emerged vowing to remain "mobilised".
  于11月13日与总统会面的工会领导出现在公众面前，发誓一定保持动员状态。