oaths

英 [ˈəʊðz]

美 [ˈoʊðz]

n.  宣誓; 誓言; (表示愤怒、惊异等的)咒骂，诅咒的话
oath的复数

柯林斯词典

• See also:He took an oath of loyalty to the government...He swore an oath promising to uphold and protect the country's laws and constitution.Hippocratic oath
• N-SING （在法庭上承诺说实话的）誓言
  In a court of law, when someone takesthe oath, they make a formal promise to tell the truth. You can say that someone ison oathorunder oathwhen they have made this promise.
  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。
  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。
  3. 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。
• N-COUNT （表示愤怒、震惊的）咒骂，诅咒
  Anoathis an offensive or emphatic word or expression which you use when you are angry or shocked.
  1. Wellor let out a foul oath and hurled himself upon him.
     韦勒骂了一句粗话，然后向他猛扑过去。

双语例句

• He had seen grotesque children huddled upon door-steps, and heard shrieks and oaths from gloomy courts.
  他看到怪模怪样的孩子挤在门前的石阶上，还听到阴暗院落里传来尖叫声和骂詈。‘该死！’是咒骂语。
• Children are to be deceived with comfits and man with oaths.
  小孩易受糖果骗，大人易受誓言骗。
• We must not force others to take oaths, nor must we swear in the name of god.
  不能强迫人家发誓，也不能自己用上帝的名字发誓。
• Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word.
  你的弓全然显露。向众支派所起的誓，都是可信的。
• The Irish chiefs had done their homage and taken their oaths in one language only, Irish.
  爱尔兰的首领们在归降称臣和宣誓效忠时，只用一种语言，就是爱尔兰语。
• You will make your prayer to him, and be answered; and you will give effect to your oaths.
  你要祷告他，他就听你。你也要还你的愿。
• Want and necessity break faiths and oaths.
  匮乏和需要可以打破信仰和誓言。
• "Mercy!" murmured the murderer; then he dropped his head and stammered a few inarticulate oaths.
  “开恩啊！”杀人犯吞吞吐吐地说，接着他低下头嘟囔了几句没说清楚的咒神骂鬼的话。
• Again, you have heard that it was said to the people long ago,` Do not break your oath, but keep the oaths you have made to the Lord.
  你们又听见有吩咐古人的话，说，不可背誓，所起的誓，总要向主谨守。
• Oaths and vile language of any sort had always been repellent to me.
  无论哪一种咒骂和卑污的语言，我一向都讨厌的。