pledge
[plɛdʒ]
n
a formal or solemn promise or agreement, esp to do or refrain from doing something
collateral for the payment of a debt or the performance of an obligation.the condition of being collateral (esp in the phrase in pledge)
a sign, token, or indication
the gift is a pledge of their sincerity
an assurance of support or goodwill, conveyed by drinking to a person, cause, etc; toast
we drank a pledge to their success
a person who binds himself, as by becoming bail or surety for another
vb
to promise formally or solemnly
he pledged allegiance
to bind or secure by or as if by a pledge
they were pledged to secrecy
to give, deposit, or offer (one's word, freedom, property, etc) as a guarantee, as for the repayment of a loan
to drink a toast to (a person, cause, etc)
- 习惯用语
- sign the pledge to make a vow to abstain from alcoholic drink
- take the pledge 同
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