oaths

英 [ˈəʊðz]

美 [ˈoʊðz]

n.  宣誓; 誓言; (表示愤怒、惊异等的)咒骂，诅咒的话
oath的复数

柯林斯词典

• See also:He took an oath of loyalty to the government...He swore an oath promising to uphold and protect the country's laws and constitution.Hippocratic oath
• N-SING （在法庭上承诺说实话的）誓言
  In a court of law, when someone takesthe oath, they make a formal promise to tell the truth. You can say that someone ison oathorunder oathwhen they have made this promise.
  1. His girlfriend had gone into the witness box and taken the oath...
     他的女朋友进入证人席并立了誓。
  2. Under oath, Aston finally admitted that he had lied...
     在宣誓的约束下，阿斯顿终于承认自己撒了谎。
  3. Three officers gave evidence on oath against him.
     3位警官经宣誓提出了对他不利的证据。
• N-COUNT （表示愤怒、震惊的）咒骂，诅咒
  Anoathis an offensive or emphatic word or expression which you use when you are angry or shocked.
  1. Wellor let out a foul oath and hurled himself upon him.
     韦勒骂了一句粗话，然后向他猛扑过去。

双语例句

• You will make your prayer to him, and be answered; and you will give effect to your oaths.
  你要祷告他，他就听你。你也要还你的愿。
• The Oaths and Vengeance: An Interpretation of Medea
  盟誓与复仇：《美狄亚》的一个解读
• The expressions range from mild to strong, from exclamations and oaths, to curses and swear words.
  表达的范围从轻微到强烈，从感叹词和宣誓到诅咒和脏话。
• You must not expect him to come to you with vows and oaths and kiss your shoestrings.
  你不可能期望他赌咒发誓地来俯就你，并且来吻你的鞋带儿。
• Want and necessity break faiths and oaths.
  匮乏和需要可以打破信仰和誓言。
• He had seen grotesque children huddled upon door-steps, and heard shrieks and oaths from gloomy courts.
  他看到怪模怪样的孩子挤在门前的石阶上，还听到阴暗院落里传来尖叫声和骂詈。‘该死！’是咒骂语。
• He hurled a few oaths at his wife and walked out, slamming the door.
  他咒骂了妻子几句，砰的一声关上门就走了。
• Children are to be deceived with comfits and man with oaths.
  小孩易受糖果骗，大人易受誓言骗。
• Again, you have heard that it was said to the people long ago,` Do not break your oath, but keep the oaths you have made to the Lord.
  你们又听见有吩咐古人的话，说，不可背誓，所起的誓，总要向主谨守。
• Yet even then, the business school is not the right place for any such oaths.
  然而，即便改成那样，商学院也不是发这种誓的合适之所。