oath

英 [əʊθ] 美 [oθ]

解释

※ 提供单词"oath"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

oath 誓言，诅咒

来自古英语ath,发誓，以神的名义起誓所言为真，来自Proto-Germanic*aithaz,来自PIE*oito,发誓。引申词义诅咒。

oath (n.): Old English að "oath, judicial swearing, solemn appeal to deity in witness of truth or a promise," from Proto-Germanic *aithaz (cognates: Old Norse eiðr, Swedish ed, Old Saxon, Old Frisian eth, Middle Dutch eet, Dutch eed, German eid, Gothic aiþs "oath"), from PIE *oi-to- "an oath" (cognates: Old Irish oeth "oath"). Common to Celtic and Germanic, possibly a loan-word from one to the other, but the history is obscure. In reference to careless invocations of divinity, from late 12c.

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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. The constitution requires members of parliament to take an oath of allegiance.: 宪法规定，议员必须宣誓效忠。