vouchsafe
/vouch-seyf/US // vaʊtʃˈseɪf //UK // (ˌvaʊtʃˈseɪf) //
担保人,担保安全,担保,保证安全
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v.有主动词 verb
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vouch·safed, vouch·saf·ing.
- : to grant or give, as by favor, graciousness, or condescension: to vouchsafe a reply to a question.
- : to allow or permit, as by favor or graciousness: They vouchsafed his return to his own country.
v.无主动词 verb
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vouch·safed, vouch·saf·ing.
- : to condescend; deign.
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Examples
The dolls do not talk; the little Genie that gave them their smile did not vouchsafe the gift of speech.
Let the female married victim ever make the most of such positive wrongs as Providence may vouchsafe to her.
And what flighty nonsense must you read, if you now will vouchsafe to correspond with me, as formerly!
Vouchsafe to taste of a poor banquet that stands sweetly waiting for your sweet presence.
Did God then vouchsafe a reply to the love which evidently dictated these prayers?
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