单词 | avow |
释义 | avow (once / 455 pages) 1v 2v 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 FAMILYavow: avowal, avowed, avower, avowing, avows, disavow+/avowal: avowals/avowed: avowedly, unavowed/avower: avowers/disavow: disavowable, disavowal, disavowed, disavowing, disavows/disavowal: disavowals/unavowed: unavowedly USAGE EXAMPLESThe 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 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper affirm, assert, aver, swan, swear, verify hold assert or affirm claim, takelay claim to; as of an idea attestauthenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity declarestate firmly protestaffirm or avow formally or solemnly assure, tellinform positively and with certainty and confidence declare state emphatically and authoritatively 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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