首页英语词典oathoath是什么意思

oath怎么读

音标:英 [əʊθ] 美[oθ]

oath是什么意思

  • n. 誓言,誓约;诅咒,咒骂

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oath的词态变化


复数: oaths;

中文词源


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。

英文词源


oath (n.)
Old English "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.

oath的双语例句


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。

来自柯林斯例句

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。

来自柯林斯例句

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。

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4. I have sworn an oath to defend her.
我发誓要保护她。

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5. Three officers gave evidence on oath against him.
3位警官经宣誓提出了对他不利的证据。

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