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To avow something is to say it out loud, in public, as a thing you stand behind. You avow a belief, a feeling, or a side you have taken — not a small everyday fact. It is a rather formal, slightly old-fashioned verb. A speaker might avow support for a law; a person might avow that they were wrong. Though actually, it is stronger than just “say”: there is a hint of courage in it, as if you are willing to be known for this. People do not avow what they had for lunch. In ordinary talk, most people would say “admit” or “say openly” instead.
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組成From Middle English avowen, from Old French avouer, from Latin advocare (“to call to / call upon as a witness or defender”), from ad (“to”) + vocare (“to call”). Same Latin source as advocate and avouch. Not related to vow, though the two look close.
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
avowverb/əˈvaʊ/
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To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly.
- […] in 1786, and for some period later, there were few, if any, prominent Americans, who avowed themselves in favor of broadly democratic systems.
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To bind or devote by a vow.
- No man may halewe and avowe the firste gendrid thingis that perteynen to the Lord, whether it is oxe, whether scheep, tho ben the Lordis part.
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lawTo acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See avowry.
- avow himself the accomplice of his crimes
avownoun/əˈvaʊ/
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obsoleteavowal
- without thy Knowledge and Avow
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。