Plod along

Definition

pledge /pledʒ/ n 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။ သက္ေသ။ အထိမ္းအမွတ္။ gifts exchanged as a pledge of friendship. ၃။ အေပါင္ပစၥည္း။ အာမခံ။ v ၁။ (က) ~ sth (to sb/ sth) ( fml ) ကတိေပးသည္။ 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… ကတိျပဳသည္။ 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။ အာမခံအျဖစ္ထားသည္။ He's pledged his mother's wedding ring. ❏ sign/ take the pledge [ IDM ] ( esp joc ) အရက္ျဖတ္ရန္ ကတိျပဳျခင္း။

Examples

1. [pledge support] : Britain
2. France
3. and Germany were among the countries pledging their support.
4. [pledge to do something] : He has pledged to fight for a fairer system.
5. [pledge that] : The President has pledged that putting the economy right will be his top priority.
6. [pledge someone/yourself to do something] : They have pledged themselves to root out state corruption.
7. The international community pledged $500 million for economic reconstruction.
8. His home is pledged as security against the loans.