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

• Despite vowing to come home to Chicago as often as possible, the Obamas spend most of their time in Washington and have chosen Camp David and Martha's Vineyard for recent vacations.
  尽管承诺要尽量多回芝加哥老家，但现在奥巴马一家大多数时间都住在华盛顿，而且最近的度假地也选在了戴维营和玛莎葡萄园岛。
• I remember vowing not to waste that kind of time on a stranger ever again.
  我记得发誓再也不浪费那样的时间在一位陌生人身上。
• He shook me till my teeth rattled, and pitched me beside Joseph, who steadily concluded his supplications and then rose, vowing he would set off for the Grange directly.
  他摇撼我，直摇得我的牙齿卡嗒卡嗒地响，又把我猛推到约瑟夫身边，约瑟夫镇定地念他的祈祷词，然后站起来，发誓说他要马上动身到田庄去。
• If the law passes," we will sue Appenzell," he says, vowing to take the case all the way to the Federal Court& Switzerland's highest judicial authority.
  如果法律通过了，“我们将起诉罗德阿，”他说，并发誓要采取一切案件的方式向联邦法院&瑞士的最高司法部门申诉。
• 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。
• He then asks her to include Kim on the call, and Jack pledges his love to them, vowing to come to their rescue.
  然后，杰克要泰瑞把金姆也叫到手机话筒旁边来，杰克向她们许诺了他对她们母女的爱，发誓要将她们救出来。
• About 1,000 protesters remained on San Francisco's downtown streets late Thursday, vowing to shut down the city.
  大约有1000名的群众星期四晚上聚集在旧金山的市中心街道，发誓要使城市交通瘫痪。
• She tried to embrace the protests while vowing to restore public order and prevent the repetition of vandalism and looting in various cities and attacks against public buildings that had shocked the country.
  她试图一方面欢迎抗议，另一方面誓言恢复公共秩序，防止那些令全国震惊的行为（包括在不同城市出现的破坏和抢劫，以及对公共建筑的冲击）重演。
• 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。
• Michael Dell returned as CEO in 2007, vowing to revive the company.
  迈克尔•戴尔2007年重返公司担任首席执行官，誓言重振公司。