及物动词

名词

1. 保证；诺言；誓言
When someone makes a pledge, they make a serious promise that they will do something.

2. 保证，许诺，发誓（做）；保证给予
When someone pledges to do something, they promise in a serious way to do it. When they pledge something, they promise to give it.

3. 许诺拨（款）；许诺给予
If you pledge a sum of money to an organization or activity, you promise to pay that amount of money to it at a particular time or over a particular period.

4. 使保证，使许诺，使发誓（遵循或支持）
If you pledge yourself to something, you commit yourself to following a particular course of action or to supporting a particular person, group, or idea.

5. 用…抵押；以…典押
If you pledge something such as a valuable possession or a sum of money, you leave it with someone as a guarantee that you will repay money that you have borrowed.

1. a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something

e.g. an assurance of help when needed
signed a pledge never to reveal the secret

Synonym: assurance

2. a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event

Synonym: toast

3. someone accepted for membership but not yet fully admitted to the group

4. a deposit of personal property as security for a debt

e.g. his saxophone was in pledge