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1. Oxford Dictionary

   pledge

   • IPA[plɛdʒ]

   英式

   • n.
     a solemn promise or undertaking；a promise of a donation to charity
   • v.
     commit (a person or organization) by a solemn promise；formally declare or promise that something is or will be the case

   • verb: pledge, 3rd person present: pledges, gerund or present participle: pledging, past tense: pledged, past participle: pledged

   • noun: pledge, plural noun: pledges

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a solemn promise or undertaking the conference ended with a joint pledge to limit pollution 同義詞 promise, undertaking, vow, word, word of honour, ... 更多commitment, assurance, oath, covenant, bond, agreement, guarantee, warrant
   • ▪ a promise of a donation to charity appeals for emergency relief met with pledges totalling £250,000,000
   • ▪ a solemn undertaking to abstain from alcohol she persuaded Arthur to take the pledge
   • 2. a thing that is given as security for the fulfilment of a contract or the payment of a debt and is liable to forfeiture in the event of failure he had given the object as a pledge to a creditor 同義詞 surety, bond, security, collateral, guarantee, ... 更多deposit, pawn, archaicgage, earnest
   • ▪ a thing given as a token of love, favour, or loyalty I have no intention of giving you anything that could be held against me as a pledge 同義詞 token, symbol, sign, mark, testimony, ... 更多proof, evidence, badge
   • 3. archaic the drinking of a person's health; a toast.

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. commit (a person or organization) by a solemn promise the government pledged itself to deal with environmental problems
   • ▪ formally declare or promise that something is or will be the case the Prime Minister pledged that there would be no increase in VAT 同義詞 promise, give one's word, vow, swear, give an assurance, ... 更多give an undertaking, undertake, take an oath, swear an oath, engage, contract, commit oneself, bind oneself, declare, affirm, avow, state, rareasseverate
   • ▪ solemnly undertake to do something they pledged to continue the campaign for funding
   • ▪ undertake formally to give Japan pledged $100 million in humanitarian aid 同義詞 undertake to give, promise (to give), donate, contribute, give, ... 更多make a gift of, put oneself down for, put up, covenant
   • 2. give as security on a loan the creditor to whom the land is pledged 同義詞 mortgage, put up as collateral, guarantee, pawn, archaicgage, ... 更多plight
   • 3. archaic drink to the health of in his hand a sculptured goblet, as he pledged the merchant kings