oath
noun /əʊθ/
/əʊθ/
(plural oaths
Idioms /əʊðz/
/əʊðz/
)- a formal promise to do something or a formal statement that something is true
宣誓；誓言 - to take/swear an oath of allegiance
宣誓效忠 - Before giving evidence, witnesses in court have to take the oath (= promise to tell the truth).
作证之前，证人必须当庭宣誓据实作证。 - The next US president will take the oath of office in January.
下一任美国总统将于明年1月宣誓就职。 - All members had to swear a solemn oath never to reveal the secrets of the organization.
所有成员必须庄严宣誓绝不泄露该组织的秘密。 - You are bound by oath to tell the truth.
你必须发誓说实话。
Collocations Voting in electionsVoting in elections在选举中投票 参加选举 - conduct/hold an election/a referendum
举行选举／全民公决 - (especially North American English) run for office/election/governor/mayor/president/the White House
- (especially British English) stand for election/office/Parliament/the Labour Party/a second term
- hold/call/contest a general/national election
举行／要求／角逐大选／全国选举 - launch/run a presidential election campaign
开始总统竞选活动 - support/back a candidate
支持候选人 - sway/convince/persuade voters/the electorate
说服选民／全体选民 - appeal to/attract/woo/target (North American English) swing voters/(British English) floating voters
吸引游离选民；寻求游离选民的支持；瞄准游离选民 - fix/rig/steal an election/the vote
操纵选举；暗中舞弊获取选票
投票 - go to/be turned away from (especially British English) a polling station/(North American English) a polling place
去／被拒绝进入投票站投票 - cast a/your vote/ballot (for somebody)
投（某人）一票 - vote for the Conservative candidate/the Democratic party
投票给保守党候选人／民主党 - mark/spoil your ballot paper
在选票上做标记；投废票 - count (British English) the postal votes/(especially North American English) the absentee ballots
清点邮寄选票数 - go to/be defeated at the ballot box
去投票箱投票；竞选失败 - get/win/receive/lose votes
赢得／失去选票 - get/win (60% of) the popular/black/Hispanic/Latino/Muslim vote
赢得大众／黑人／拉美裔／穆斯林 (60%) 的选票 - win the election/(in the US) the primaries/a seat in Parliament/a majority/power
赢得大选／（美国的）初选／议会中的一个席位／多数票／权力 - lose an election/the vote/your majority/your seat
在选举中失败；失去多数人的支持／席位 - win/come to power in a landslide (victory) (= with many more votes than any other party)
以压倒多数的选票获胜／掌权 - elect/re-elect somebody (as) mayor/president/an MP/senator/congressman/congresswoman
选举／再度选举某人为市长／总统／议员／参议员／国会议员／国会女议员
掌权 - be sworn into office/in as president
宣誓就职／就任总统 - take/administer (in the US) the oath of office
（美国）宣誓就职；听取就职宣誓 - swear/take (in the UK) an/the oath of allegiance
（英国）宣誓效忠 - give/deliver (in the US) the president’s inaugural address
发表（美国）总统就职演说 - take/enter/hold/leave office
就职；任职；离职 - appoint somebody (as) ambassador/governor/judge/minister
任命某人为大使／州长／法官／部长 - form a government/a cabinet
组建政府／内阁 - serve two terms as prime minister/in office
任两届总理；两届任职
- Only a judge is allowed to administer the oath.
只有法官才可以主持宣誓（仪式）。 - a doctor's Hippocratic oath
医生的希波克拉底誓言
Collocations Dictionaryverb + oath- administer
- on oath
- under oath
- to take/swear an oath of allegiance
- (old-fashioned) an offensive word or phrase used to express anger, surprise, etc.; a swear word
（表示愤怒、惊异等的）咒骂，诅咒的话 - She heard the sound of breaking glass, followed by a muttered oath.
她听到打碎玻璃的响声，接着是低声的咒骂。
- She heard the sound of breaking glass, followed by a muttered oath.
词源Old English āth, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch eed and German Eid.
Idioms
on/under oath
- (law
法律 （在法庭上）宣誓说实话，经宣誓 - Is she prepared to give evidence on oath?
她愿意宣誓据实作证吗？ - The judge reminded the witness that he was still under oath.
法官提醒证人，他仍然受宣誓的约束。 - You have sworn under oath that you never met this man.
你发誓你从未见过这个人。
- Is she prepared to give evidence on oath?