avow

英式音标：avow怎么读

美式音标：avow怎么读

词汇归类： GRE,扩展词汇

近义词： acknowledge

反义词： deny,disavow,negate,contradict

avow词义

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vt. 承认；公开宣称；坦率承认

第三人称单数: avows;过去式: avowed;过去分词: avowed;现在分词: avowing;名词: avowal;

avow 声明

来自拉丁语advocare的法语形式。前缀ad-,向。词根voc,声音。

avuncular 叔伯的

词根av, 祖宗，祖父，见atavism。-uncul, 小词后缀。

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1. The senator was forced to avow openly that he had received some money from that company.: 那个参议员被迫承认曾经收过那家公司的一些钱.

3. But whatever the danger, Christ's followers must avow their principles.: 但不论遭何危险, 跟从基督的人必须承认自己的信仰.

4. Many a man thinks, what he is ashamed to avow ( Samuel Johnson ).: 很多人都考虑过那些他们羞于说出来的事 ( 萨谬尔约翰逊 ).

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avow (v.): early 13c., from Anglo-French avouer, Old French avoer "acknowledge, accept, recognize," especially as a protector (Modern French avouer), from Latin advocare (see advocate). A synonym of avouch (q.v.), which tends to contain the more technical, legal aspect of the word. Related: Avowed; avowing.

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The senator was forced to avow openly that he had received some money from that company.: 那个参议员被迫承认曾经收过那家公司的一些钱.

But whatever the danger, Christ's followers must avow their principles.: 但不论遭何危险, 跟从基督的人必须承认自己的信仰.

Many a man thinks, what he is ashamed to avow ( Samuel Johnson ).: 很多人都考虑过那些他们羞于说出来的事 ( 萨谬尔约翰逊 ).