avow

verb

1. 声明；公开宣称
   to say firmly and often publicly what your opinion is, what you think is true, etc.
   1. An aide avowed that the President had known nothing of the deals.
      一位助理声明，总统对这些交易一无所知。

1. VERB 承认；宣布
   If you avow something, you admit it or declare it.
   1. ...a public statement avowing neutrality...
      宣布中立的公开声明
   2. The Prime Minister avowed that he saw no need to change his country's policies.
      首相公开表示他觉得没有必要改变国家政策。

1. The Prime Minister avowed that he saw no need to change his country's policies.
   首相公开表示他觉得没有必要改变国家政策。
2. On abandoning his grandfather's opinions for the opinions of his father, he had supposed himself fixed; he now suspected, with uneasiness, and without daring to avow it to himself, that he was not.
   当他从外祖父的见解转到父亲的见解时，他总以为自己已经站稳了，现在却又怀疑起来，感到自己并不稳，他心里苦闷，不敢自信。
3. For he looked upon the bowed head, and the downcast eyes, and upraised hand, and thought, 'I have felt it; and why should I not avow it in behalf of this unfriended, broken man!
   因为他看到那搭拉的脑袋、低垂的眼睛和抬起的手，心中想道，我感觉到这点；我为什么不为这位孤立无援、伤心失望的人认错呢？
4. I must avow that I am innocent.
   我要公开声明我是无罪的。
5. She was obliged to avow openly that she had been there.
   她只得公开承认去过那里。
6. Deliberately here we avow ourselves, as he avowed himself in the dock, Irishmen of one allegiance only.
   让我们大家坦承，如同他在被告席上坦承一样，爱尔兰人同心同德。
7. Affirm or avow formally or solemnly.
   正式地或庄严地肯定或承认。
8. Avow one's belief, faith, conviction, etc.
   公开表示相信、信仰、服理等。
9. Bidding is an effective method of transaction in market. Avow and equity is its feature. Purchasing Chinese Books by Public Bidding
   招投标采购方法是市场经济下资源配置的有效手段，市场经济国家的大额采购活动基本上都是采用了招投标的方法，它具有公开、公平和公正的特点。中文图书采购招投标的实施

verb

1. admit openly and bluntly

   Synonym:    avouch

2. to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
   1. Before God I swear I am innocent

   Synonym:    affirmverifyassertaverswanswear