| 词汇 | pledging |
| 释义 | pledging present participle ofpledge pledge verb[ T ] uk /pledʒ/ us /pledʒ/ to make a serious or formal promise to give or do something: 发誓;保证 We are asking people to pledge their support for our campaign.我们正请求人们承诺支持我们的运动。 If you join the armed forces, you have to pledge allegiance to your country.如果参军，你必须宣誓效忠你的祖国。 So far, £50,000 has been pledged (= people have promised to pay this amount) in response to the appeal.到目前为止，人们已承诺捐款5万英镑以响应这项呼吁。 [ + to infinitive ]Both sides have pledged to end the fighting.双方均已保证停战。 I've been pledged to secrecy.我已发誓保守秘密。 to promise someone something promiseI promise that I'll be home before dark. guaranteeI can't guarantee that the operation will be successful. give (someone) your wordHe gave me his word that the job would be finished on time. assure"Don't worry, your car will be ready tomorrow", the mechanic assured him. swearI didn't know what happened, I swear. pledgeWe are asking people to pledge their support for our campaign. The government has pledged to reduce the amount of chemicals used in food production.政府承诺减少食品生产中化学制品的用量。 The president pledged to respect the existing frontiers between the two countries.总统承诺维持两国间疆界现状。 He pledged undying love/loyalty.他发誓他的爱／忠诚至死不渝。 The minister has pledged his whole-hearted support for the scheme. Both Britain and the United States are pledging their support for the campaign. Making & breaking promises & commitments assurance be on your honouridiom breach of contract commit someone to something commitment committed cross my heart (and hope to die)idiom deliver on something fink fink out oath pact pledge promises, promises!idiom promisor promissory repledge restrictive covenant sworn vow Examples of pledgingpledging In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Even if one did not make him responsible for his deeds by pledging insanity, the virtue of wisdom and therefore dignity would be lost. For the prince, the pledging of governorships to nobles brought some significant advantages. Pledging is thus a period of testing to determine whether the pledge has the desire and the stamina to become a member. They are not yet members, but if they successfully pass through the initiation period of "pledging," they will become members. And 30 % of those reaching age 55 could maintain the minimum sum only by pledging their properties. Selling or pledging land, even of individual holdings, was allowed only under severe stress. A husband's consent to his wife's pledging his credit was assumed from the couple's cohabitation. Therefore, a physician's decision to enter military service is morally weighty, and requires reflection on the practices of the military service to which one is pledging obedience. The answerer therefore indirectly performs the role of testing the reasoning of the questioner by pledging to withhold his assent until all imaginable objections have been discussed and worked through. Children also appeared as key participants in a large-scale patriotic ceremony based on pledging allegiance to the flag, with overtones of pledging allegiance to the national dictator. They refuse negotiation, simply pledging themselves to enforcing without time limit the wishes of the islanders. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no point in having a donors' pledging conference before we can get a lot of money pledged. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The world summit for children was not planned as a pledging conference and no new programme was launched. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Before then local authorities could promote measures involving loans pledging the credit of a town, but. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not see how the pledging of more than £40 million of sponsorship can be regarded as a failure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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