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IELTS BNC: 7697 COCA: 5464

vow

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vow1 /vaʊ/ ●○○ noun [countableC]  
1 RRCa serious promise 誓言;誓约 oath
 Jim made a vow that he would find his wife’s killer.
吉姆发誓要找到杀害他妻子的凶手。
2 a religious promise that you will do something for God, the church etc 〔宗教的〕誓言,誓约
 a monk who had taken a vow of poverty
立誓守贫的僧侣
3 vows [plural]
a) (also marriage/wedding vows) the promises you make during your wedding 婚姻誓约
b) the promises you make when you become a Catholic priest or nun 〔当神父或修女时立下的〕誓言
COLLOCATIONS
verbs
make a vow 发誓,立誓
I made a vow never to go near the place again.
我发誓再也不走近那个地方。
take a vow (=make a vow at a formal ceremony) 〔在正式仪式上〕立下誓约
Priests have to take a vow of obedience to the Catholic Church.
神父必须立誓服从天主教会。
keep a vow (=do as you promised) 遵守誓言
She kept her vow not to tell anyone about their affair.
她恪守誓言,没有向任何人透露他们的情事。
break a vow (=fail to do as you promised) 违反誓言
She accused him of breaking his marriage vows.
她指责他背弃了婚姻誓约。
exchange vows (=make promises to each other as part of a wedding ceremony) 〔婚礼上〕交换誓言
nThey wanted to exchange vows before their family and friends.
renew your vows (=have a second wedding ceremony to repeat your promises) 重复婚姻誓言
nFifty couples celebrated their golden weddings and renewed their vows at a cathedral service in Chicago.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + vow
a solemn vow (=a very serious vow, which you must keep) 庄严的誓词
He made a solemn vow that he would do everything he could to help her.
他郑重发誓,要尽全力帮助她。
marriage/wedding vows 婚姻誓约
She wrote her own marriage vows.
她的结婚誓言是她亲自写的。
a holy/sacred vow 神圣的誓约
nWhen we get married in church we are making sacred vows.
phrases
a vow of silence/poverty/celibacy etc 禁语/守贫/禁欲等的誓言
People close to him have finally broken their vow of silence.
他身边的人最终都违背了他们的禁语誓言。
nbe bound by a vow (=to have promised seriously to do something)
She told him she was bound by a vow not to tell any other person.
Examples from the Corpus
vow2 ●○○ verb [transitiveT]  
1 PROMISEto make a serious promise to yourself or someone else 立誓,起誓(要做) SYN promise
vow to do something
 Supporters have vowed to continue the protest until Adams is released.
支持者立誓一直抗议到亚当斯获释。
vow (that)
 I vowed that I would never drink again.
我发誓绝不再喝酒了。
see thesaurus at promise
2. formal to make a religious promise that you will do something for God, the church etc 〔向上帝、教会等〕立誓奉献
Examples from the Corpus
Origin vow1
(1200-1300) Old French vou, from Latin votum; → VOTE2
vow1 noun →COLLOCATIONS1vow2 verb
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IELTS BNC: 7697 COCA: 5464
vow

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + VOW | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEsolemn莊嚴的誓約marriage, wedding婚姻/結婚誓言monastic, religious, sacred修道聖願;宗教誓言;聖願final永願She decided to leave the convent before taking her final vows.她在發終身願前決定離開修道院。VERB + VOWmake, take發誓;立誓He made a vow to avenge his father's death.他發誓要為死去的父親報仇。keep信守誓約She kept her vow of silence until she died.她履行了誓言,至死保守秘密。break違反誓言Nothing will persuade me to break this vow.無論什麼都不會讓我違反此誓言。exchange交換誓言The couple exchanged vows at the altar.夫婦在聖壇前盟誓成婚。renew重新立誓PREPOSITIONvow of⋯的誓言a vow of poverty(神職人員的)貧窮誓言PHRASESa vow of celibacy, a vow of chastity獨身/忠貞誓言He took a lifelong vow of celibacy.他發誓終生獨身。a vow of silence緘口保密的誓言
vow

verb

ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADVERBquietly, silently靜靜地發誓;默默地起誓He silently vowed vengeance on them all.他暗暗發誓要報復他們所有的人。PREPOSITIONto向⋯發誓She vowed to herself that she would not show any emotion.她暗自發誓一定要不動聲色。PHRASESvow never to do sth發誓永遠不做⋯I vowed never to drink so much again.我發誓再也不喝這麼多酒了。vow revenge, vow revenge against sb, vow revenge on sb發誓報仇;發誓向某人報仇
IELTS BNC: 7697 COCA: 5464
vow verb
promise
vow noun
promise
IELTS BNC: 7697 COCA: 5464
vow
Promises: promise, commitment, guarantee...
To make a promise: promise, commit, swear...

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