Pledge

(noun.) a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event.

(noun.) someone accepted for membership but not yet fully admitted to the group.

(noun.) a deposit of personal property as security for a debt; 'his saxophone was in pledge'.

(verb.) promise solemnly and formally; 'I pledge that I will honor my wife'.

(verb.) bind or secure by a pledge; 'I was pledged to silence'.

(verb.) give as a guarantee; 'I pledge my honor'.

(verb.) pay (an amount of money) as a contribution to a charity or service, especially at regular intervals; 'I pledged $10 a month to my favorite radio station'.

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• Even the children were instructed, each to dip a wooden spoon into Mr. Micawber's pot, and pledge us in its contents. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• And the lips that shall refuse to pledge me to his well-earned fame, I term false and dishonoured, and will so maintain them with my life. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• If as a set-off (excuse the legal phrase from a barrister-at-law) you would like to ask Tippins to tea, I pledge myself to make love to her. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• They may pledge and make pledge,' continued he, scornfully; 'they nobbut make liars and hypocrites. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• I am imperfectly consoled for this disappointment by the sacred pledge, the perished flower. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The time was out in two days; I thought something might one day come of it too; and so redeemed the pledge. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• We parted: he gave me his pledge, and then his farewell. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• So then I promised to wait for him to the end of time and pledged myself not to marry anyone else while he lived. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Whatever happened, he knew, she would always be loyal, gallant and unresentful; and that pledged him to the practice of the same virtues. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• In a year from the time when the Moonstone was pledged, the Indians will be on the watch for their third chance. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• First he pledged each to absolute secrecy. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• He paused a few moments, and added, less firmly than before-- 'But this chaise, my young friend, will only hold two; and I am pledged to Mr. Allen. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• You pledged the Diamond to the money-lender in London--I am sure of it! 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• I could have pledged him with all my soul, said Athelstane, for my tongue cleaves to my palate. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• If my signature pledges me to anything, she said, surely I have some claim to know what that pledge is? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• I could never forget those domestic pledges I had left behind me. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• Betrayal wouldn't amount to anything without all these pledges, he thought. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• It is not easy to express the joy I was in, upon the unexpected hope of once more seeing my beloved country, and the dear pledges I left in it. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• Do you think this pledges anything? 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Cedric would have avoided pledging her in this ominous conviviality, but the sign which she made to him expressed impatience and despair. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.

整理:谢尔登