pledge
/plɛdʒ/
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US voice -> pledge
(n) ကတိ။ သက်သေ။ အထိမ်းအမှတ်။ အပေါင်ပစ္စည်း။ အာမခံ။ ကတပေးသည်။ ကတိပြုသည်။ အာမခံအဖြစ်ထားသည်။ (v) ကတပေး
၁။ ~ (to do sth) ကတိ။ give a pledge never to reveal the secret ❍ a pledge of support ❍ The government has failed to honour its election pledge.
၂။ သက်သေ။ အထိမ်းအမှတ်။ gifts exchanged as a pledge of friendship.
၃။ အပေါင်ပစ္စည်း။ အာမခံ။
v
၁။ (က) ~ sth (to sb/ sth) (fml ) ကတိပေးသည်။ pledge a donation ❍ pledge loyalty to the king/ the flag ❍ be pledged to secrecy.
(ခ) ~ sb/oneself (to sth/ to do sth); ~ to do sth/ that… ကတိပြုသည်။ The government has pledged itself to reduce bureaucracy/ to increased expenditure on AIDS research. ❍ The union have pledged never to strike/ pledged that they will never strike.
၂။ အာမခံအဖြစ်ထားသည်။ He's pledged his mother's wedding ring.
❏ sign/ take the pledge [IDM ] (esp joc ) အရက်ဖြတ်ရန် ကတိပြုခြင်း။
- [pledge support] : Britain, France, and Germany were among the countries pledging their support.
- [pledge to do something] : He has pledged to fight for a fairer system.
- [pledge that] : The President has pledged that putting the economy right will be his top priority.
- [pledge someone/yourself to do something] : They have pledged themselves to root out state corruption.
- The international community pledged $500 million for economic reconstruction.
- His home is pledged as security against the loans.
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