pledge
pledge 英 [pledʒ] 美 [plɛdʒ]
n. 诺言；誓约；抵押；抵押品 vt. 许诺
进行时:pledging 过去式:pledged 过去分词:pledged 第三人称单数:pledges 名词复数:pledges
- A pledge is basically very serious formal promise. You can pledge allegiance to your country, you can pledge to keep a secret, and you can pledge a sum of money to a cause.
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- n. 诺言；誓约；抵押；抵押品
- vt. 许诺
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1. a pledge of support
支援的许诺
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2. Management has given a pledge that there will be no job losses this year.
资方保证今年不会削减工作职位。
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3. Japan has pledged $100 million in humanitarian aid.
日本已承诺提供一亿元人道主义援助。
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4. I have left the watch as pledge for borrowed money.
我留下这块手表作为借款的抵押物。
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5. The group has pledged to continue campaigning.
这个组织发誓继续投入运动。
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6. They were all pledged to secrecy.
他们都宣誓保密。
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7. The government has pledged itself to root out corruption.
政府已承诺铲除腐败。
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8. My brother pledged Sigma Nu.
我哥哥宣誓加入 Σ NU 联谊会。
- pledge (n.) mid-14c., "surety, bail," from Old French plege (Modern French pleige) "hostage, security, bail," probably from Frankish *plegan "to guarantee," from *pleg-, a West Germanic root meaning "have responsibility for" (source also of Old Saxon plegan "vouch for," Middle Dutch plien "to answer for, guarantee," Old High German pflegan "to care for, be accustomed to," Old English pleon "to risk the loss of, expose to danger"), from PIE root *dlegh- "to engage oneself, be or become fixed."
- pledge (v.) c. 1400, "to promise" (something to someone), "to give over as security for repayment," also "promise faith to," from pledge (n.) and from Old French plegier, from plege (n.). From mid-15c. as "to stand surety for, be responsible for;" late 15c. as "to mortgage." Meaning "put (someone) under oath" is from 1570s; sense of "to solemnly promise or guarantee" is from 1590s, as is sense "to drink a toast." Related: Pledged; pledging.
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