pledge
英 [pled?]
美[pl?d?]
- n. 保證，誓言；抵押；抵押品，典當物
- vt. 保證，許諾；用……抵押；舉杯祝……健康
- n. (Pledge)人名；(英)普萊奇
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詞態變化
復數:?pledges;第三人稱單數:?pledges;過去式:?pledged;過去分詞:?pledged;現在分詞:?pledging;
助記提示
1. 在漂亮美眉的邊緣、旁邊向她發誓一定會愛她到永遠。直到天荒地老、海枯石爛。
中文詞源
pledge 請求，許諾，誓言
來自古法語plege,保證，來自Proto-Germanic*plego,責任，擔保，來自PIE*dlegh,忙于，從事 于，責任，承諾，來自PIE*del,長的，詞源同long,play,plight.引申詞義請求，許諾，誓言等。
英文詞源
- pledge
- pledge: [14] Pledge comes via Old French plege from late Latin plebium, a derivative of the verb plebīre ‘pledge’. This was probably borrowed from Frankish *plegan ‘guarantee’, a derivative of the same Germanic base as produced English plight ‘pledge’ [OE] (as in ‘plight one’s troth’) and German pflicht ‘duty’.
=> plight - 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.
- 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" (cognates: 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;" see plight (v.)).
Meaning "allegiance vow attested by drinking with another" is from 1630s. Sense of "solemn promise" first recorded 1814, though this notion is from 16c. in the verb. Weekley notes the "curious contradiction" in pledge (v.) "to toast with a drink" (1540s) and pledge (n.) "the vow to abstain from drinking" (1833). Meaning "student who has agreed to join a fraternity or sorority" dates from 1901.
雙語例句
- 1. His tax-cutting pledge brought a delirious crowd to their feet.
- 他減稅的承諾讓亢奮的人群歡呼雀躍起來。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. In the treaty both sides pledge to respect human rights.
- 雙方在條約中都承諾將尊重人權。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. I pledge that by next year we will have the problem solved.
- 我保證來年之前我們將解決這個問題。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The agreement includes a pledge of non-aggression.
- 協議包括不發動侵略的保證。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. a pledge of support
- 支援的許諾
來自《權威詞典》
