n. (pl. oaths ) 1.誓言,誓約;【法律】宣誓。 2.(咒罵、強調、發怒等時的)妄用神名,瀆神的言詞;詛咒;咒罵語 〔God damn you! 之類〕。
短語和例子
an oath of allegiance 效忠宣誓。 an oath of office=an official oath 就職宣誓。 a false oath 偽誓。 grind out an oath 切齒詛咒。 make an oath 立誓,宣誓。 on [upon, under] oath= (up) on my oath 發誓,必定。 put (sb.) on (his) oath 使(某人)立誓。 take [swear] an oath= make oath. take one's oath that... 立誓說…是千真萬確的。
He had seen grotesque children huddled upon door-steps, and heard shrieks and oaths from gloomy courts . 他看到怪模怪樣的孩子擠在門前的石階上,還聽到陰暗院落里傳來尖叫聲和罵詈。
And jones wrote a personal letter to hanley's psychiatrist asking him to lift the oath of confidentiality . 瓊斯向漢利的精神病醫生寫了一封親筆信,要求他不必受為病人保密的誓言的約束。
On entering the kitchen, his ears were agreeably stunned by the noise of dishes and pans, of oaths and commands . 一跨進廚房,只聽得盤子、鐵鍋的碰撞聲,又是咒罵又是發號施令的嘈雜聲,震耳欲聾,他卻覺得很愜意。
At present it was the law of the land, the rule of the court, and, according to the oath which they had taken, it must be that of the jury . 當前,它是本國的法律,法庭的準則,而且根據他們的誓言,必須也是陪審團的準則。
For i have sworn before you and almighty god the same solemn oath our forebears prescribed nearly a century and three-quarters ago . 因為我剛才向你們,向萬能的上帝宣讀的莊嚴誓詞,是我們先輩早在將近175年前就擬定了的同樣誓詞。
Long ago , the men of the mountains swore an oath . . 很久以前,山里的人們曾經. .
Remember we pricked our fingers , took a blood oath 記得嗎我們刺破手指發的血誓
There is a standard form of oath used in lawcourts 法庭中使用的誓詞有固定的格式
You needn ' t go to the quiet room if you a take an oath 如果你發誓不再打任何人的話
I speak all my life under oath since a kid , troublesome 只是一遍又一遍你在對我說
a solemn promise, usually invoking a divine witness, regarding your future acts or behavior; "they took an oath of allegiance"
百科解釋
An oath (from Anglo-Saxon ā?, also called plight) is either a statement of fact or a promise calling upon something or someone that the oath maker considers sacred, usually God, as a witness to the binding nature of the promise or the truth of the statement of fact. To swear is to take an oath, to make a solemn vow.
詳細百科解釋
其他語種釋義
oathとは意味:oath n. 誓い, 宣誓, 誓約; のろい, ののしること, 悪態(の言葉). 【動詞+】 ◆A court official administered the oath to the witness. 裁判所の係員は証人に宣誓をさせた administer an oath of office 就任の宣誓をする ◆break one's oath 誓いを破る ◆drop an oath のの...