vow
US: /ˈvaʊ/
UK: /vˈaʊ/
UK: /vˈaʊ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
vow /vau/
- danh từ
- lời thề, lời nguyền
- to make (take) a vow: thề, thề nguyền
- to be under a vow to do something: đã thề (nguyền) làm việc gì
- to perform a vow: thực hiện lời thề (lời nguyền)
- to break a vow: không thực hiện lời thề, lỗi thề
- monastic vow: lời thề của nhà tu hành
- lời thề, lời nguyền
- động từ
- thề, nguyện
- to vow vengeance against someone: thề trả thù ai
- to vow a monument to someone's memory: nguyện xây một đài kỷ niệm để tưởng nhớ ai
- thề, nguyện
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
a formal and serious promise, especially a religious one, to do sth: to make / take a vow + to break / keep a vow + to break your marriage vows + Nuns take a vow of chastity.
+ verb
to make a formal and serious promise to do sth or a formal statement that is true: [V to inf] She vowed never to speak to him again. + [V (that)] He vowed (that) he had not hurt her. + [VN] They vowed eternal friendship. [also V speech]
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 swear, pledge, promise, assure, state, declare, give (one's) (solemn) word (of honour):
I vowed to return after the war to care for those who had helped me escape.
n.
2 oath, pledge, promise, agreement; (solemn) word (of honour):
She will keep her vow, you may be certain.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
formal, solemn | marriage, wedding | monastic, religious | final
She left the convent before taking her final vows.
VERB + VOW
make, take
He made a vow to avenge his father's death.
| keep
She kept her vow of silence until she died.
| break
Nothing will persuade me to break this vow.
| exchange
The couple exchanged vows at the altar.
| renew
PREP.
~ of
a vow of poverty
Concise English dictionary
vows|vowed|vowingvaʊ
noun
+a solemn pledge (to oneself or to another or to a deity) to do something or to behave in a certain manner
verb
+make a vow; promise
+dedicate to a deity by a vow
