"oath" in Chinese (Simplified)
誓言誓约
Definition
指正式而郑重的誓言,常在公开场合、法庭上或官方仪式中作出。它通常表示某人声明自己会说实话,或会忠实地履行某项责任。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
常见搭配有 'take an oath'、'swear an oath' 和 'under oath'。它比 'promise' 更正式,更常用于法律、官方或宗教语境。在某些情况下,尤其是英式英语中,'oath' 也可以指咒骂语,但这个意思对学习者来说不那么常见。
Examples
The doctor took an oath to help patients.
医生立下了帮助病人的**誓言**。
Before speaking in court, she swore an oath.
在法庭上发言之前,她宣了**誓**。
The new president made an oath during the ceremony.
新总统在仪式上作了**誓言**。
Once you're under oath, you can't just change your story.
一旦你是在**宣誓**作证,就不能随便改口。
He treated that promise like an oath.
他把那个承诺看得像**誓言**一样郑重。
She broke her oath, and people never trusted her again.
她违背了自己的**誓言**,人们再也不信任她了。