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词汇 vowing
释义 vowing
present participle ofvow
vow
verb[ T ]
uk /vaʊ/ us /vaʊ/
C2
to make a determined decision or promise to do something: 发誓,立誓
[ + (that) ]The guerrillas vowed (that) they would overthrow the government.游击队发誓要推翻政府。
[ + to infinitive ]After the awful meals we had last Christmas, I vowed to do more of the cooking myself.自从去年圣诞节我们吃过几顿糟糕的饭之后,我就发誓要自己常做饭。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

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.
From that day on, she vowed never to trust him again.从那天起,她发誓永远不再信任他。
After a lengthy and painful divorce, she vowed never to remarry.经历了一场漫长而痛苦的离婚后,她发誓永不再婚。
She has vowed to stand by her husband during his trial.她发誓在丈夫受审期间会一直支持他。
She has vowed to remain true to the president whatever happens.她已经宣誓在任何情况下都将效忠于总统。
Tamir, one of several sons of the exiled ruler, vowed he would liberate his country from the tyrant.塔米尔是被放逐的君主的几个儿子中的一个,他发誓要把国家从暴君手中解放出来。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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 vowing


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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


He was pardoned only after officially vowing to refrain from political commentary or activity.
When he does so, he is vowing not only to her, but to the freedom he yearns for and believes in as a possible outcome for his benighted life.
While vowing undying love for them, he was having the scaffolds erected.
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The bartender and cocktail waitress remember them, and they all tell tales of lost love in the past, vowing to give up dating.
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He flees the frame-up as the police arrive, vowing to avenge her death.
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Stears grew disenchanted with the franchise vowing never to do another one.
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His vanity wounded, he throws a fit and destroys the portrait, vowing vengeance upon the duchess.
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His evil self is very aggressive and hateful, seeing subjects like friendship and kindness as weaknesses, vowing to destroy them.
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He eventually spurns her, vowing to not leave his wife.
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Vowing to become a filmmaker, he was, however, faced with opposition from his parents.
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He was ejected from the council for turning dreams into nightmares, and transformed himself into a monster, vowing vengeance.
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As he watched the academy burn, those around him heard his words vowing to rebuild the campus.
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Despite the remaining members vowing to continue on, the band later disbanded.
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He rejected it vowing that he would not sign over the country.
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Horton surmises that a small person lives on the speck and places it on a clover, vowing to protect it.
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