新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

pledge

英  [pledʒ]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • pledges

    1[C 可数名词] 誓言

    When someone makes a pledge, they make a serious promise that they will do something.

    近义词

    promise

    双语例句

    例:

    The meeting ended with a pledge to step up cooperation between the six states of the region.

    会议以承诺加快该地区6个州之间的合作结束。

    2[C 可数名词] 承诺拨款

    A pledge is a promise to pay an amount of money to an organization or activity at a particular time or over a particular period.

    双语例句

    例:

    a pledge of forty two million dollars a month.

    一个每月拨款4200万美元的承诺。

    VERB. 动词
  • pledges , pledging , pledged

    1[T 及物动词] 保证(做某事) , 保证给予(某物)

    When someone pledges to do something, they promise in a serious way to do it. When they pledge something, they promise to give it.

    双语例句

    例:

    The Communists have pledged to support the opposition's motion.

    共产党员们已经承诺支持反对党的动议。

    例:

    Philip pledges support and offers to help in any way that he can.

    菲利普承诺给予支持并提供力所能及的帮助。

    2[T 及物动词] 承诺支付(一笔款)

    If you pledge a sum of money to an organization or activity, you promise to pay that amount of money to it at a particular time or over a particular period.

    双语例句

    例:

    The French president is pledging $150 million in French aid next year.

    法国总统承诺来年将拨款1.5亿美元用于法国援助。

    3[T 及物动词] 保证

    If you pledge yourself to something, you commit yourself to following a particular course of action or to supporting a particular person, group, or idea.

    近义词

    commit

    双语例句

    例:

    The president pledged himself to increase taxes for the rich but not the middle classes.

    总统保证增收富人的税收,而不是中产阶级的。

    4[T 及物动词] 抵押

    If you pledge something such as a valuable possession or a sum of money, you leave it with someone as a guarantee that you will repay money that you have borrowed.

    双语例句

    例:

    He asked her to pledge the house as security for a loan.

    他要她抵押房子作为贷款担保。