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pledge
- IPA[plɛdʒ]
英式
- a solemn promise or undertaking;a promise of a donation to charity
- commit (a person or organization) by a solemn promise;formally declare or promise that something is or will be the case
verb: pledge, 3rd person present: pledges, gerund or present participle: pledging, past tense: pledged, past participle: pledged
noun: pledge, plural noun: pledges
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a solemn promise or undertaking the conference ended with a joint pledge to limit pollution 同義詞
- ▪ a promise of a donation to charity appeals for emergency relief met with pledges totalling £250,000,000
- ▪ a solemn undertaking to abstain from alcohol she persuaded Arthur to take the pledge
- 2. a thing that is given as security for the fulfilment of a contract or the payment of a debt and is liable to forfeiture in the event of failure he had given the object as a pledge to a creditor 同義詞
- ▪ a thing given as a token of love, favour, or loyalty I have no intention of giving you anything that could be held against me as a pledge 同義詞
- 3. archaic the drinking of a person's health; a toast.
動詞
- 1. commit (a person or organization) by a solemn promise the government pledged itself to deal with environmental problems
- ▪ formally declare or promise that something is or will be the case the Prime Minister pledged that there would be no increase in VAT 同義詞
- ▪ solemnly undertake to do something they pledged to continue the campaign for funding
- ▪ undertake formally to give Japan pledged $100 million in humanitarian aid 同義詞
- 2. give as security on a loan the creditor to whom the land is pledged 同義詞
- 3. archaic drink to the health of in his hand a sculptured goblet, as he pledged the merchant kings