单词盒子

pledge

P 开头单词

音标发音

  • 英式音标 [pledʒ]
  • 美式音标 [plɛdʒ]
  • 国际音标 [pledʒ]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • n. 保证，誓言；抵押；抵押品，典当物
  • vt. 保证，许诺；用……抵押；举杯祝……健康
  • n. (Pledge)人名；(英)普莱奇

词源解说

  • 15世纪中期进入英语，直接源自古法语的plege，意为人质，安全，保释金；最初源自法兰克语的plegan，意为保证。

词根记忆

  • pled(看作plead，恳求) + ge(音似：哥)→哥哥发誓要改邪归正，恳求大家的饶恕→发誓

同根派生

  • n性质的同根词
    pledgee：接受抵押或人；接受保证者。
    pledger：立誓人；抵押者，典当者；举杯祝酒的人。

用法辨析

    n. (名词)

  • pledge用作名词的基本意思是“保证,誓言”,也可作“信物”“抵押品”解,其后可接介词短语或动词不定式作定语,也可接that从句作同位语,从句中的谓语用虚拟语气, that有时可省略。

    • v. (动词)

  • pledge的基本含义是“保证”“许诺”,指许诺做、给予或接受某事或某物,常用于表示以行动或言语作出庄严、正式的担保,如答应资助等。有时可译为“发誓”。pledge引申还可指“祝某人健康”。
  • pledge可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,后接名词、动词不定式或由that引导的从句作宾语。还可接双宾语,其间接宾语可转化为介词to的宾语。有时还可以接动词不定式充当补足语的复合宾语。

英汉例句

    用作名词 (n.)

  • The government should fulfill its pledge.
    政府应该履行其诺言。

    • 用作动词 (v.)

    用作不及物动词: S+～(+A)

  • The old man is willing to pledge for him.
    那位老人愿意为他担保。

    • 用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.

  • He pledged his honour.
    他以他的名誉作担保。

    • S+～+to- v

  • He pledged never to come back until he had found her.
    他发誓找不到她就永远不回来。

    • S+～+that-clause

  • They pledged that they would carry out the instructions to the letter.
    他们保证不折不扣地执行这一指示。

    • 用作双宾动词: S+～+ pron./n. + n./pron.

  • I pledge you my words.
    我向你保证我说话算数。

    • S+～+ n./pron. +to pron./n.

  • Each member of the club has pledged ￡10 to the collection.
    俱乐部每个成员都承诺捐款10英镑。

    • 用作宾补动词: S+～+ n./pron. +to- v

  • They pledged themselves not to bow before difficulties.
    他们保证绝不向困难低头。

词组短语

    用作名词 (n.)

    动词+～

  • break 〔keep〕 one's pledge 违背〔遵守〕誓言
  • carry out 〔fulfill〕 one's pledge 履行诺言
  • give 〔make〕 a pledge 保证
  • take a pledge 发誓

    • 形容词+～

  • solemn pledge 庄严保证
  • written pledge 书面保证

    • 名词+～

  • campaign pledge 竞选誓言

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • a serious or formal promise, especially one to give money or to be a friend, or something that you give as a sign that you will keep a promise
  • to make a serious or formal promise to give or do something

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • When someone makes a pledge, they make a serious promise that they will do something.
  • When someone pledges to do something, they promise in a serious way to do it. When they pledge something, they promise to give it.
  • 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.
  • Pledge is also a noun.
  • 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.
  • 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.

专业释义

    法学

  • 抵押

    Part two mainly reviews the pledge transfer regulation.
    第二部分为对我国动产抵押物转让规则的检讨。

    经济学

  • 质押

    The business of Stock Pledge was introduced to our country just several years ago.
    存货质押业务在我国尚属一种新兴的业务。

    能源科学技术

  • 发誓