avowed

英 [əˈvaʊd]

美 [əˈvaʊd]

adj.  公开承认的; 公开宣称的
v.  声明; 公开宣称
avow的过去分词和过去式

过去式：avowed　过去分词：avowed　

法律

Collins.1 / BNC.20117 / COCA.21742

牛津词典

adj.

• 公开承认的；公开宣称的
  that has been admitted or stated in public
  1. an avowed atheist
     公开承认的无神论者
  2. an avowed aim/intention/objective/purpose
     公开宣称的宗旨 / 意图 / 目标 / 目的

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 宣称的；坦率承认的
  If you are anavowedsupporter or opponent of something, you have declared that you support it or oppose it.
  1. She is an avowed vegetarian.
     她宣称是个素食主义者。
• ADJ （信念、目标）公开宣布的
  Anavowedbelief or aim is one that you have declared formally or publicly.
  1. ...the council's avowed intention to stamp on racism.
     理事会宣布要消灭种族歧视

双语例句

• The terrorists avowed that they regretted what they had done.
  恐怖分子承认他们已后悔自己的所作所为。
• He avowed his crime when the policeman began to cross-examine him.
  当警察开始审问他时，他坦白犯了罪。
• Barack Obama, the new US president, is an avowed enemy of tax havens.
  美国新任总统巴拉克奥巴马（BarackObama）便发誓要打击避税天堂。
• He avowed that he cound not drank.
  他承认自己不会喝酒。
• He was a more than commonly candid English gentleman in his avowed dislike of the poet's nonsense, verbiage and verse.
  他比一般无偏见的英国绅士更加公然地宣称：他讨厌诗人的言之无物、冗词赘语和咬文嚼字。
• It's my avowed belief that nuclear weapons are wrong.
  我坚决认为发展核武器是错误的。
• He avowed openly [ publicly] that he was divorced.
  他坦白[公开]承认自己离了婚。
• He avowed himself a killer.
  他公然宣称自己是凶手。
• Thinks the book succeeds in achieving its avowed purpose: to explain how the Court's current role evolved through history ( Tony Mauro).
  认为该书成功地达到了公开宣布的目的：解释当今法庭作用的历史发展（托尼莫罗）。
• He avowed himself the author of that book.
  他公然宣称自己是那本书的作者。