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

• But I say to you, take no oaths at all: not by the heaven, because it is the seat of god;
  只是我告诉你们，什么誓都不可起，不可指着天起誓，因为天是神的座位。
• Administer oaths and affirmations;
  （一）主持宣誓和陈述事实。
• Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word.
  你的弓全然显露。向众支派所起的誓，都是可信的。
• She at once launched out into oaths and curses.
  她马上大肆咒骂起来。
• 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。
• The Oaths and Vengeance: An Interpretation of Medea
  盟誓与复仇：《美狄亚》的一个解读
• Oaths and vile language of any sort had always been repellent to me.
  无论哪一种咒骂和卑污的语言，我一向都讨厌的。
• Ancestral communication, maternity, paternity, fellowship, divine oaths.
  与祖先沟通，母性，父权，团体关系，神的誓约（神的诅咒）。
• The Irish chiefs had done their homage and taken their oaths in one language only, Irish.
  爱尔兰的首领们在归降称臣和宣誓效忠时，只用一种语言，就是爱尔兰语。
• He was answered with a torrent of French oaths.
  他得到的回答是用法语吐出的一连串骂人话。