avowed

英 [əˈvaʊd]

美 [əˈvaʊd]

adj.  公开承认的; 公开宣称的
v.  声明; 公开宣称
avow的过去分词和过去式

过去式：avowed　过去分词：avowed　

法律

Collins.1 / BNC.20117 / COCA.21742

牛津词典

adj.

• 公开承认的；公开宣称的
  that has been admitted or stated in public
  1. an avowed atheist
     公开承认的无神论者
  2. an avowed aim/intention/objective/purpose
     公开宣称的宗旨 / 意图 / 目标 / 目的

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 宣称的；坦率承认的
  If you are anavowedsupporter or opponent of something, you have declared that you support it or oppose it.
  1. She is an avowed vegetarian.
     她宣称是个素食主义者。
• ADJ （信念、目标）公开宣布的
  Anavowedbelief or aim is one that you have declared formally or publicly.
  1. ...the council's avowed intention to stamp on racism.
     理事会宣布要消灭种族歧视

双语例句

• He avowed himself ( to be) an atheist.
  他供认自己是无神论者。
• This was Ricci's avowed goal.
  这是Ricci所明确声明的目标。
• I avowed never to fly in a small plane again.
  我发誓再也不坐飞机了。
• Made known or openly avowed.
  使得知晓或者公开承认。
• He had avowed to himself a choice.
  他已经向自己宣告他作出了一种选择。
• He was a more than commonly candid English gentleman in his avowed dislike of the poet's nonsense, verbiage and verse.
  他比一般无偏见的英国绅士更加公然地宣称：他讨厌诗人的言之无物、冗词赘语和咬文嚼字。
• Secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed.
  秘密的或隐藏的；没有公开实行或从事或表现或宣布的。
• Their avowed aim is to disrupt modern society.
  他们公开宣布的目的是要瓦解现代社会。
• Deliberately here we avow ourselves, as he avowed himself in the dock, Irishmen of one allegiance only.
  让我们大家坦承，如同他在被告席上坦承一样，爱尔兰人同心同德。
• He avowed openly [ publicly] that he was divorced.
  他坦白[公开]承认自己离了婚。