oath的意思|oath的解释-里氏词典

oath [әuθ]

n. 誓约, 誓言, 咒骂

[法] 誓言, 誓约, 宣誓

oath

[ noun ]

profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger

<noun.communication>

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a commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of law); to lie under oath is to become subject to prosecution for perjury

<noun.communication>

a solemn promise, usually invoking a divine witness, regarding your future acts or behavior

<noun.communication>

they took an oath of allegiance

Oath \Oath\ ([=o]th), n.; pl. {Oaths} ([=o][th]z). [OE. othe,
oth, ath, AS. [=a][eth]; akin to D. eed, OS. [=e][eth], G.
eid, Icel. ei[eth]r, Sw. ed, Dan. eed, Goth. ai[thorn]s; cf.
OIr. oeth.]
1. A solemn affirmation or declaration, made with a reverent
appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed. ``I have
an oath in heaven'' --Shak.

An oath of secrecy for the concealing of those
[inventions] which we think fit to keep secret.
--Bacon.

2. A solemn affirmation, connected with a sacred object, or
one regarded as sacred, as the temple, the altar, the
blood of Abel, the Bible, the Koran, etc.

3. (Law) An appeal (in verification of a statement made) to a
superior sanction, in such a form as exposes the party
making the appeal to an indictment for perjury if the
statement be false.

4. A careless and blasphemous use of the name of the divine
Being, or anything divine or sacred, by way of appeal or
as a profane exclamation or ejaculation; an expression of
profane swearing. ``A terrible oath'' --Shak.

It wasn't until 1971 that a Soviet doctor's oath was legislated, but it obligates the physician to submit to the state's interest first and the patient's only secondarily.
Balaguer, 83 and blind, took the oath of office from Supreme Court President Nestor Contin Aybar in the Assembly chamber of the National Congress.
He felt the oath that he had taken as vice president was sufficient to assume the office of president, but in order to forestall any problems, he took a second oath.
He felt the oath that he had taken as vice president was sufficient to assume the office of president, but in order to forestall any problems, he took a second oath.
In December, Michael Deaver, former deputy White House chief of staff, was convicted of lying under oath to a federal grand jury and to a House subcommittee about his lobbying activities after leaving the government.
The Bible used for George Washington's swearing-in 200 years ago was put aboard a train Thursday for Washington, where George Bush will use it for his oath of office.
I took an oath of office to protect sources and methods of intelligence and I would never discuss anything I was doing at the CIA that would affect the national security," Bush said.
Twenty-seven presidents, from Martin van Buren to Dwight D. Eisenhower, took the oath of office in their shadow.
His oath was administered by Robert R. Livingston, chancellor of New York state and the Masonic grand master.
"You live up to your oath of office not just by carrying out decisions you agree with, but by carrying out decisions you don't agree wtih _ or else resigning." Again, Shultz gave no examples.
A House panel charged Friday that FAA officials lied under oath about payroll records prepared during the 1981 controllers' strike and in some instances doctored time sheets to cheat the controllers.
Quayle took the vice presidential oath several minutes before noon.
Under the proposed measures, all Northern Ireland election candidates will have to sign an oath rejecting violence.
Proposition 7 would eliminate the century-old section of the oath to which an officeholder must swear publicly that he or she didn't bribe anyone to get the job.
He then moved to a wooden table, and with his hand on a red-bound copy of the Soviet Constitution, took the first presidential oath of ffice.
About 500 government and church dignitaries and Dublin-based foreign diplomats looked on as Mrs. Robinson took the oath of office.
When Wagner began to administer the oath of office to Green and said, "I, state your name," Green joked: "I, state your name." Green had surprised many at an earlier press conference by high-handedly signaling Koch to sit down.
Thornburgh rejected the lawmakers' request for an independent counsel to investigate allegations that Pierce had lied under oath when he denied having "hands on" involvement in running the Moderate Rehabilitation Program.
Dwyer said he would question jurors himself under oath.
British Governor General Sir Paul Scoon administered the oath of office to Brathwaite although his National Democratic Congress party wound up one seat short of a parliamentary majority in Tuesday's election.
Derek Jackson, 17, has claimed that police threatened him with 20 years in prison if he did not tell them under oath about an alleged confession made by Bennett.
Lukens, convicted in Ohio last year of a misdemeanor sex offense, was ordered to testify under oath today about the new allegation.
It would be a direct violation and contrary of my oath to push my position ahead of the Supreme Court." Metzenbaum told Siegan, "I'm concerned that if confirmed, you will find a way to implement your views.
His oath doesn't even specify the job he is promising to faithfully execute.
Nigris also was interviewed under oath by the state gaming division, and he has launched a legal battle to keep confidential the results of the probe concerning his associations.
Burzynski was arraigned earlier this week on two charges of lying under oath, which carries a penalty of up to life in prison.
It was cold and cloudy as Bush took the oath.
They said he "flagrantly" breached his oath and was "as guilty of treachery as heinous as that of the spies" he wrote about.
After walking through the staff cabin trying to cheer people up, he retired to his own cabin and ordered a noontime martini, unusually early in the day for him, just as Gerald Ford was taking the oath in Washington.
People lied under oath," Gelman protested when state Supreme Court Justice Jeffrey Atlas sentenced him.

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