vow
verbto make a formal and serious promise to do something or a formal statement that is true 起誓;立誓;发誓 - vow to do something
She vowed never to speak to him again. 她发誓再也不和他说话了。 - vow (to somebody) (that)…
He vowed (that) he had not hurt her. 他起誓他没有伤害过她。 - vow something
They vowed eternal friendship. 他们立誓要友谊长存。 - + speech
‘I'll be back,’ she vowed. “我会回来的。” 她发誓道。
Extra ExamplesTopics Life stagesc1He silently vowed vengeance on them all. 他默默发誓要报复他们所有的人。 I vowed never to drink so much again. 我发誓再也不喝这么多酒了。 She vowed to herself that she would not show any emotion. 她暗自发誓一定要不动声色。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- quietly
- silently
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- vow never to do something
- vow revenge
- vow revenge against somebody
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- vow to do something