pledge

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。

• pledge相关词

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。

• pledge使用方法
• pledge详细辨析

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。

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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

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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.

• pledge剑桥字典
• pledge柯林斯字典

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