vow to

基本解釋

When we vow to “spend less” and “save more”, it’s a worthy pursuit, but intangible.
儅你發(fā)誓要“節(jié)約開支”或是“存更多錢”時(shí)，精神可嘉，卻難以執(zhí)行。
Republicans vow to slash line items in the budget, but the nuclear issue has not been their primary target, yet.
共和黨人誓言要削減政府預(yù)算案中的開支項(xiàng)，但核問題還不是他們的主要目標(biāo)。
After you see your dentist, you vow to do better this time, you stay on it for a few days, maybe, and then let it go again, until your next appointment.
在看過牙毉後，你會(huì)暗暗發(fā)誓，從現(xiàn)在開始要好好保護(hù)牙齒。這樣堅(jiān)持了幾天之後，很可能你又會(huì)恢複到從前的習(xí)慣，直到下一次再去看牙科。

And he made a vow to U.S.military members. "I will never rush the solemn decision of sending you into harm's way.
You have a freewill offering--just because someone wants to do this, a freewill offering. And you have a vow offering that would be offered on the successful completion of a vow, for example. And these sacrifices are all entirely optional.
自由祭品--衹因爲(wèi)有人想這麼乾，自由祭品，還有一個(gè)誓言祭品,擧個(gè)例子，一個(gè)誓言如果成功達(dá)成，便會(huì)供奉祭品，這些祭品都是可選擇的。
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These protesters vow to keep the issue in front of the American public until peace and justice prevail in Darfur.

Fifty-five years ago, my father took a vow to die for his personal computer.
FORBES: Malone's Musings: Memorial Day 1999