英 [əʊθ] 美 [oʊθ]
n. 誓言，誓约；（在法庭上的）誓词；诅咒，咒骂
复数oaths
oath /əʊθ/ CET6 TEM4
可数名词 An oath is a formal promise, especially a promise to be loyal to a person or country. (尤指忠于某人或国家的) 誓言; 宣誓
He took an oath of loyalty to the government.
他做了效忠于政府的宣誓。
单数型名词 In a court of law, when someone takes the oath, they make a formal promise to tell the truth. You can say that someone is under oath when they have made this promise. (在法庭上的) 宣誓
His girlfriend had gone into the witness box and taken the oath.
他的女朋友已进了证人席并宣了誓。
Under oath, Andy finally admitted that he had lied.
宣誓之后，安迪终于承认他曾撒了谎。
a commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of law); to lie under oath is to become subject to prosecution for perjury
同义词： swearing
a solemn promise, usually invoking a divine witness, regarding your future acts or behavior
they took an oath of allegiance
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参考来源人身自由权的民法保护
宣誓
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宣誓（Oath）是指自愿而发的神圣或严肃..
...)固定的赢家,就不能忽略机率与赔率关系;想成为赢家,需求信念和一定的人格特质;想加入赢家的队伍,就要宣誓并力行下面的誓言(Oath):我绝不再加入赔率低于机率良多的赌局.
曾代伟:“溪州铜柱”铭文解读——以民族法文化视角_土家族吧_贴吧 关键词：溪州铜柱；誓约；民族法文化 [gap=12031]Key words: the "Copper-pillar" of Xi Zhou; oath;the national legal culture
... 政令；号令〖governmentdecree;order〗 誓言；盟辞；约言〖oath;pledge;promise〗 建议；主意；计策〖proposal;idea;plan〗 ...
誓言，誓约；诅咒，咒骂
He took an oath of loyalty to the government.
他做了效忠于政府的宣誓。
I have sworn an oath of loyalty to the monarchy.
我已经发誓效忠君主制。
Under oath, Andy finally admitted that he had lied.
宣誓之后，安迪终于承认他曾撒了谎。
George Washington was the first president to place his hand on a Christian Bible when taking the oath of office.
VOA : special.2009.01.19
Did I conceive all this people, did I bear them, that You should say to me, 'Carry them in your bosom as a nurse carries an infant,' to the land that You have promised on oath to their fathers?
这些人是我十月怀胎生下的吗？,您告诉我吧，如养育之父抱着吃奶的孩子’,直抱到您起誓应许他们祖宗的地方去？
旧约导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
If then You slay this people to a man, the nations who have heard Your fame will say, 'It must be because the Lord was powerless to bring that people into the land He had promised them on oath that He slaughtered them in the wilderness.
如今你若把这些人杀了，那听到你名声的国家会说,耶和华因为不能把这些人领进,向他们起誓的应许之地,所以在旷野中把他们杀了。
旧约导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
President Obama took the oath of office in January on the Bible that Abraham Lincoln owned and used at his first inauguration.
VOA : special.2009.07.24
Presumably,he will be taking the oath of office shortly, and become the thirty-sixth president of the United States."
VOA : special.2009.08.16
After all, DeGeorge and his friend swore under oath that the story was true.
Thank you, Secretary Napolitano, for being here to administer the oath --for making it official.
WHITEHOUSE: Naturalization Ceremony for U.S. Service Members
The President swore an oath to uphold the Constitution and he is bound by the law.