n. (pl. oaths ) 1.誓言，誓约；【法律】宣誓。 2.(咒骂、强调、发怒等时的)妄用神名，渎神的言词；诅咒；咒骂语 〔God damn you! 之类〕。 短语和例子 an oath of allegiance 效忠宣誓。 an oath of office＝an official oath 就职宣誓。 a false oath 伪誓。 grind out an oath 切齿诅咒。 make an oath 立誓，宣誓。 on [upon, under] oath＝ (up) on my oath 发誓，必定。 put (sb.) on (his) oath 使(某人)立誓。 take [swear] an oath＝ make oath. take one's oath that... 立誓说…是千真万确的。
a commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of law); to lie under oath is to become subject to prosecution for perjury 同义词：swearing,
profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger; "expletives were deleted" 同义词：curse, curse word, expletive, swearing, swearword, cuss,
a solemn promise, usually invoking a divine witness, regarding your future acts or behavior; "they took an oath of allegiance"
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.
例句与用法
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Tom stood by his oath to his father . 汤姆遵守他给父亲立下的誓言。
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A crane and a crow had made a league on oath . 鹤和乌鸦宣誓结盟。
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Harran shut his teeth with an oath . 哈伦咒骂了一声，咬紧了牙关。
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I did not tell anyone , on my oath . 我保证我没有告诉过任何人。
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He was willing to take his oath to all he said . 他愿对他所说的一切起誓。
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He entered vociferating oaths dreadful to her . 他进来了，叫喊着不堪入耳的咒骂的话。
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I had to live up to my oath . 我必须履行我的宣誓。
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The judge reminded the witness that she was still under oath . 法官提醒证人她仍要遵守诺言。
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The barons took the oath which stephen langton prescribed . 男爵们照斯蒂芬兰顿的指导宣了誓。
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