vouch

英 [va?t?] 美[va?t?]

GRE擴(kuò)展詞匯

第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù):?vouches;過(guò)去式:?vouched;過(guò)去分詞:?vouched;現(xiàn)在分詞:?vouching;

1. Vouch originally meant 'call as a witness'; 'guarantee' is a 16th-century development.

vouch 擔(dān)保

來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)vocare,召喚，說(shuō)話，詞源同voice。原指召喚到法庭出庭作證，引申詞義擔(dān)保。

vouch: vouch: [14] Vouch originally meant ‘call as a witness’; ‘guarantee’ is a 16th-century development. The word was borrowed from Old French voucher ‘summon’, which in turn appears to have evolved from Latin vocāre ‘call’ (source of English vocation, vocative, etc). Anglo-Norman used the Old French infinitive verb as a noun, meaning ‘summons’, from which English gets voucher [16]. Vouchsafe [14] originated as a compound of vouch ‘guarantee’ and safe.
=> vocation
vouch (v.): early 14c., "summon into court to prove a title," from Anglo-French voucher, Old French vocher "to call, summon, invoke, claim," probably from Gallo-Roman *voticare, metathesis of Latin vocitare "to call to, summon insistently," frequentative of Latin vocare "to call, call upon, summon" (see voice (n.)). Meaning "guarantee to be true or accurate" is first attested 1590s. Related: Vouched; vouching.

1. Kim's mother agreed to vouch for Maria and get her a job.: 金的母親同意為瑪麗亞擔(dān)保，好讓她找份工作。

2. He cannot vouch for the accuracy of the story.: 他不能證明這一說(shuō)法的準(zhǔn)確性。

3. They asked whether I was prepared to vouch for him.: 他們問(wèn)我是否愿意為他作擔(dān)保.

5. I was in bed with flu. My wife can vouch for that / me.: 當(dāng)時(shí)我患流感臥床休息. 我妻子可為此/為我作證.