| 单词 | to give one's word |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto give (a person) one's word (a) to give (a person) one's word: (a) to make a promise, pledge, or undertaking; (b) to declare, state positively or certainly, assert, affirm (that). ΚΠ 1549 T. Cooper Lanquet's Epitome of Crons. f. 3 That against synne Christe instituted his kyngdome, gaue his woorde, and that he shoulde come to take away sinne, and saue us. 1574 T. Tymme tr. J. de Serres Three Partes Comm. Ciuill Warres Fraunce ix. 258 Dalbe yeelded so farre to their murderous enticementes, as he gaue his word and promise to kill the Admirall. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 491 He gaue his word, and sware that he would doe them no hurt at all. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ ii. xix. 37 At the dissolution of the last Assembly at Lodun, where he solemnly gave his word to permit them to reassemble. 1719 C. Cibber Ximena iv. 35 Give me thy Word, that on the morrow Noon, Before the King in Person thou wilt answer. 1789 E. Inchbald tr. N. Destouches Married Man ii. i. 37 That is a secret I gave my word not to reveal. 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well III. v. 117 We were lapidated by the natives—pebbled to some purpose, I give you my word. 1894 Eng. Hist. Rev. 9 499 The duke..had given his word that they should not suffer in life or limb. 1926 People's Home Jrnl. Feb. 49/2 You won't be ashamed of me, Dick—I give you my word. 1949 ‘P. Wentworth’ Spotlight xix. 119 The language—..I give you my word it was enough to curl your hair. 1982 J. McGahern in New Yorker 22 Mar. 49/2 If you can give me your word that you'll take the job, I can promise you that the job is as good as yours. 2004 D. Bargal & E. Sivan in Y. Bar-Siman-Tov From Conflict Resolution to Reconciliation vi. 143 [He] gave his word that no retribution would be exacted for acts committed under the Francoist regime. < as lemmas |
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