vowing

英 [ˈvaʊɪŋ]

美 [ˈvaʊɪŋ]

v.  起誓; 立誓; 发誓
vow的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB 发誓;起誓;立誓
  If youvow todo something, you make a serious promise or decision that you will do it.
  1. While many models vow to go back to college, few do...
     很多模特发誓要重回大学校园，但很少有人做到。
  2. I solemnly vowed that someday I would return to live in Europe...
     我郑重发誓，总有一天我将回到欧洲生活。
  3. 'I'll kill him,' she vowed...
     “我要宰了他，”她发誓说。
  4. They have vowed a quick and decisive response.
     他们立誓要给出一个快速果断的回应。
• N-COUNT 誓言;诺言
  Avowis a serious promise or decision to do a particular thing.
  1. I made a silent vow to be more careful in the future...
     我暗暗发誓，日后要倍加小心。
  2. I had to admire David's vow that he would leave the programme.
     戴维发誓要离开这个项目，我不得不对他表示钦佩。
• N-COUNT 誓词;誓约;宣言
  Vowsare a particular set of serious promises, such as the promises two people make when they are getting married.
  1. I took my marriage vows and kept them.
     我结婚时许下誓言，并一直信守。
  2. ...a nun who had taken final vows...
     已立誓出家的尼姑
  3. He had broken his vow of poverty.
     他违背了他安贫乐道的誓言。

双语例句

• I barely see my children. I stay up late panicking, eating cookies and vowing to change professions.
  我对孩子视而不见，会熬夜到很晚，一直惊慌失措、吃饼干并发誓要换职业。
• Yesterday the President held a job summit at the White House, vowing to take "every responsible step to accelerate job creation".
  昨天总统在白宫举行了一个有关工作的首脑会议，誓言要采取“所有负责的措施来加速就业机会的创造”。
• Mr Thaksin took office vowing to run his country like a company, leading voters to hope he would enrich them as well.
  他信先生上台时，誓言要像经营企业那样管理国家，选民们因此希望他也能带领他们致富。
• The White House is considering the proposal and is vowing to work with lawmakers.
  白宫正在考虑这个提案，并且保证将会与议员们进行合作。
• On Saturday Mr Obama sought to allay concerns among allies about the US commitment to the Asia-Pacific region, vowing it would remain a fundamental focus of US foreign policy and that America would not be distracted from it by global events.
  对于美国对亚太地区的承诺，奥巴马上周六试图化解盟友的担忧，誓言亚太地区将继续是美国外交政策的根本关注重点，美国不会因全球性事件而分散对这个重点的注意力。
• After he was arrested Friday, the 69-year-old former military ruler took to Facebook, calling the allegations against him politically motivated and vowing to fight them.
  这位69岁的前军事领导人在星期五被捕之后在脸书上说，对他的指控有政治动机，他要抗辩到底。
• Despite vowing to come home to Chicago as often as possible, the Obamas spend most of their time in Washington and have chosen Camp David and Martha's Vineyard for recent vacations.
  尽管承诺要尽量多回芝加哥老家，但现在奥巴马一家大多数时间都住在华盛顿，而且最近的度假地也选在了戴维营和玛莎葡萄园岛。
• About 1,000 protesters remained on San Francisco's downtown streets late Thursday, vowing to shut down the city.
  大约有1000名的群众星期四晚上聚集在旧金山的市中心街道，发誓要使城市交通瘫痪。
• He then asks her to include Kim on the call, and Jack pledges his love to them, vowing to come to their rescue.
  然后，杰克要泰瑞把金姆也叫到手机话筒旁边来，杰克向她们许诺了他对她们母女的爱，发誓要将她们救出来。
• She tried to embrace the protests while vowing to restore public order and prevent the repetition of vandalism and looting in various cities and attacks against public buildings that had shocked the country.
  她试图一方面欢迎抗议，另一方面誓言恢复公共秩序，防止那些令全国震惊的行为（包括在不同城市出现的破坏和抢劫，以及对公共建筑的冲击）重演。