“海誓山盟”常见的英文表述有:“vows of eternal love” 、“oaths as high as the mountains and vows as deep as the ocean” 、“solemn pledges of love” 。
例如:They made vows of eternal love to each other.(他们彼此许下了海誓山盟。)
在这些表达中,“vows”意思是“誓言;誓约”,“oaths”也是“誓言;誓约”的意思,“eternal”表示“永恒的;永远的”,“solemn”有“郑重的;庄严的”之意,通过这些词汇的组合,能够较为准确地传达“海誓山盟”所包含的庄重和长久承诺的含义。