oath

英 [əʊθ] 美[oθ]

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复数: oaths;

oath 誓言，诅咒

来自古英语ath,发誓，以神的名义起誓所言为真，来自Proto-Germanic*aithaz,来自PIE*oito,发誓。引申词义诅咒。

oath (n.): Old English að "oath, judicial swearing, solemn appeal to deity in witness of truth or a promise," from Proto-Germanic *aithaz (cognates: Old Norse eiðr, Swedish ed, Old Saxon, Old Frisian eth, Middle Dutch eet, Dutch eed, German eid, Gothic aiþs "oath"), from PIE *oi-to- "an oath" (cognates: Old Irish oeth "oath"). Common to Celtic and Germanic, possibly a loan-word from one to the other, but the history is obscure. In reference to careless invocations of divinity, from late 12c.

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. The constitution requires members of parliament to take an oath of allegiance.: 宪法规定，议员必须宣誓效忠。