"Do not fence with me," said he. "Leave that to others. It is beneath you. If you had been content to stay, I would have been content to show my heart by halves. But when you offer to leave me, you draw from me an avowal I can no longer restrain, and you must and shall listen to it. When I saw you on the stage at Homburg, I admired you and loved you that very night. But I knew from experience how seldom in women outward graces go with the virtues of the soul. I distrusted my judgment.英文原著 · 《A Woman-Hater》
"He died," I cut in. "Yes, yes, we know that. Let's go back for a minute to the contrite and grateful letter that he wrote. My experience in the law, Mr. Frank, has convinced me that if everybody burned everybody else's letters, half the courts of justice in this country might shut up shop. Do you happen to know whether the letter we are now speaking of contained anything like an avowal or confession of the forgery?"英文原著 · 《AFTER DARK》
At this avowal Danville's suppressed anger burst beyond all control.英文原著 · 《AFTER DARK》
The seventh section solemnly averred that the sole object of the conspiracy was to prevent the young nobleman from marrying again, by working on his superstitious fears; the writer repeating, after this avowal, that any such second marriage would necessarily destroy his project for promoting the ultimate restoration of the Church possessions, by diverting Count Fabio's property, in great part, from his first wife's child, over whom the priest would always have influence, to another wife and probably other children, over whom he could hope to have none.英文原著 · 《AFTER DARK》
" Because," cried Nora, darting a look of wrath at her companion, " I want to prevent that marriage." She had been betrayed into this avowal by the singularly opaque mind of the old lady. The latter at once sat erect. - " Oh, ho," she said, as if a ray of light had been let into her head. " Oh, ho. So that's it, is it ?英文原著 · 《Active Service》
"`You are clear-sighted,' I answered, `an earnest seeker after truth, and courageous in the avowal of your thoughts.'英文原著 · 《Beauty and The Beast》
Your Honor, we wish this were all legally proper, but the attorneys who intend to split off have made improper avowals...美剧 · 《The Good Wife》
AI 补充例句（附中文翻译）
His public avowal of love for his wife surprised everyone at the gala dinner.他在晚宴上当众向妻子示爱，令所有人都感到惊讶。
The politician issued a formal avowal of his commitment to the new reform plan.那位政客发表了正式声明，重申他致力于新改革计划。