avow
英 [əˈvaʊ]
美 [əˈvaʊ]
v. 声明; 公开宣称
过去式：avowed 过去分词：avowed 第三人称单数：avows 现在分词：avowing
BNC.34330 / COCA.27261
牛津词典
verb
- 声明；公开宣称
to say firmly and often publicly what your opinion is, what you think is true, etc.- An aide avowed that the President had known nothing of the deals.
一位助理声明，总统对这些交易一无所知。
- An aide avowed that the President had known nothing of the deals.
柯林斯词典
- VERB 承认；宣布
If youavowsomething, you admit it or declare it.- ...a public statement avowing neutrality...
宣布中立的公开声明 - The Prime Minister avowed that he saw no need to change his country's policies.
首相公开表示他觉得没有必要改变国家政策。
- ...a public statement avowing neutrality...
英英释义
verb
- admit openly and bluntly
- to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
- Before God I swear I am innocent
双语例句
- Deliberately here we avow ourselves, as he avowed himself in the dock, Irishmen of one allegiance only.
让我们大家坦承，如同他在被告席上坦承一样，爱尔兰人同心同德。 - Affirm or avow formally or solemnly.
正式地或庄严地肯定或承认。 - The Prime Minister avowed that he saw no need to change his country's policies.
首相公开表示他觉得没有必要改变国家政策。 - Avow one's belief, faith, conviction, etc.
公开表示相信、信仰、服理等。 - Bidding is an effective method of transaction in market. Avow and equity is its feature. Purchasing Chinese Books by Public Bidding
招投标采购方法是市场经济下资源配置的有效手段，市场经济国家的大额采购活动基本上都是采用了招投标的方法，它具有公开、公平和公正的特点。中文图书采购招投标的实施 - I must avow that I am innocent.
我要公开声明我是无罪的。 - She was obliged to avow openly that she had been there.
她只得公开承认去过那里。 - For he looked upon the bowed head, and the downcast eyes, and upraised hand, and thought, 'I have felt it; and why should I not avow it in behalf of this unfriended, broken man!
因为他看到那搭拉的脑袋、低垂的眼睛和抬起的手，心中想道，我感觉到这点；我为什么不为这位孤立无援、伤心失望的人认错呢？ - On abandoning his grandfather's opinions for the opinions of his father, he had supposed himself fixed; he now suspected, with uneasiness, and without daring to avow it to himself, that he was not.
当他从外祖父的见解转到父亲的见解时，他总以为自己已经站稳了，现在却又怀疑起来，感到自己并不稳，他心里苦闷，不敢自信。