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单词 avow
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avow
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When you avow something, you say it openly for the whole world to hear. If you're a witness in a trial, you'll be asked to take an oath in which you'll avow that you'll tell the truth.
A simple way to remember the meaning of avow is that it sounds and looks a whole lot like "a vow," to which it's closely related. At the end of almost every wedding, the couple takes their vows, in which they avow their commitment to each other. To take a vow is to avow the things that you say in that vow. Be sure that you mean what you say when you avow something, because people will hold you to it. And don't mutter or mumble. That's no way to avow something.
WORD FAMILY
avow: avowal, avowed, avower, avowing, avows, disavow+/avowal: avowals/avowed: avowedly, unavowed/avower: avowers/disavow: disavowable, disavowal, disavowed, disavowing, disavows/disavowal: disavowals/unavowed: unavowedly
USAGE EXAMPLES
The day ended when he sat down to dinner each night with his father, an avowed segregationist. 
Los Angeles Times(Dec 22, 2016)
But endorsements from the avowed stoners of hip-hop and skate culture aren’t exactly groundbreaking.
The Guardian(Dec 08, 2016)
Some 12 million Americans voted for an avowed socialist – Bernie Sanders – and millions more are now polarized against Trump and his administration’s bigotry.
The Guardian(Nov 30, 2016)
1
v to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
affirm, assert, aver, swan, swear, verify
hold
assert or affirm
claim, take
lay claim to; as of an idea
attest
authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity
declare
state firmly
protest
affirm or avow formally or solemnly
assure, tell
inform positively and with certainty and confidence
declare
state emphatically and authoritatively
2
v admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about
Syn|Ant|Hyper
avouch
disavow
refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with
acknowledge, admit
declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
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