pledges

英 [ˈpledʒɪz]

美 [ˈpledʒɪz]

n.  保证; 诺言; 誓约; 抵押; 质钱; 抵押品
v.  保证给予(或做); 正式承诺; 使保证; 使发誓; 抵押; 典当
pledge的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 保证；诺言；誓言
  When someone makes apledge, they make a serious promise that they will do something.
  1. The meeting ended with a pledge to step up cooperation between the six states of the region.
     会议以承诺加快这一地区六国间的合作而结束。
  2. ...a £1.1m pledge of support from the Spanish ministry of culture.
     来自西班牙文化部110万英镑的资助许诺
• VERB 保证，许诺，发誓（做）；保证给予
  When someonepledges todo something, they promise in a serious way to do it. When theypledgesomething, they promise to give it.
  1. Mr Dudley has pledged to give any award to charity...
     达德利先生已承诺将任何所获的损害赔偿额都捐给慈善机构。
  2. Philip pledges support and offers to help in any way that he can...
     菲利普保证给予支持，并主动提出尽其所能提供帮助。
  3. I pledge that by next year we will have the problem solved.
     我保证来年之前我们将解决这个问题。
• VERB 许诺拨（款）；许诺给予
  If youpledgea 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.
  1. The French President is pledging $150 million in French aid next year...
     法国总统许诺为法国明年的援助经费拨款1.5亿美元。
  2. The government has now pledged £170m over the next six years for improving primary care.
     为了改善初级卫生保健工作，政府已承诺在未来6年内拨款1.7亿英镑。
  3. Pledgeis also a noun.
     
  4. ...a pledge of forty two million dollars a month.
     每月拨款4,200万美元的承诺
• VERB 使保证，使许诺，使发誓（遵循或支持）
  If youpledge yourself tosomething, you commit yourself to following a particular course of action or to supporting a particular person, group, or idea.
  1. The President pledged himself to increase taxes for the rich but not the middle classes...
     总统保证增加对富人而非中产阶级的税收。
  2. Tony Cottee has pledged himself to Everton Football Club for another three years...
     托尼·科蒂已答应同埃弗顿足球俱乐部再续约3年。
  3. The treaties renounce the use of force and pledge the two countries to co-operation.
     条约声明放弃使用武力，并保证两国将进行合作。
• VERB 用…抵押；以…典押
  If youpledgesomething 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.
  1. He asked her to pledge the house as security for a loan.
     他要她拿房子来抵押贷款。

双语例句

• The2006 GMR report also calls on donors to deliver on their pledges to boost aid to developing countries.
  《2006年全球监测报告》呼吁捐助国履行诺言增加对发展中国家的援助。
• We must measure results and hold each other accountable for our pledges and actions.
  我们必须衡量成果，并对我们各自的承诺和行动负责。
• He was confident the allies would make good on their pledges.
  他相信盟友们会履行他们的承诺。
• The governments of Australia, France, Germany, Japan, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, and United States have made pledges or contributions to the fund.
  澳大利亚、法国、德国、日本、西班牙、瑞典、英国和美国政府已经为这个基金作出了承诺或贡献。
• There were also pledges to soften the impact of the subsidy cuts on the poorer regions.
  他们还承诺要减轻削减补贴给较贫困地区带来的影响。
• He says emergency laws will be abolished within a week and pledges further reforms.
  他说紧急状态法将在一周内被彻底废除，并保证继续推出改革方案。
• He was too unwell to attend today's ceremony and hear the new president's pledges.
  韩国的金云龙否认了这一点，他不愿意出席今天的仪式，也不想听新主席的誓言。
• I know this well from another closely related set of financing commitments, the rich-country pledges on development aid.
  从另一套与此紧密相关的资助承诺中，我对此非常清楚。这是富国在发展援助方面做出的承诺。
• But I had given no pledges about frontiers.
  但是我对边界问题，没有许下任何诺言。
• All the politicians have made pledges not to raise taxes if they are.
  所有的政治家都保证当选后不增加税收。