| 单词 | swear |
| 释义 | swearWord family noun swearing sweareradjective sworn swearyverb swear Law swear /sweə $ swer/ ●●○ S3 verb (past tensepst swore /swɔː $ swɔːr/, past participlepp sworn /swɔːn $ swɔːrn/) 1 offensive language 冒犯的语言 [intransitiveI]SWEAR to use rude and offensive language 诅咒，咒骂，说脏话 Don’t swear in front of the children. 不要在孩子们面前说粗话。 swear at He turned round and swore at me. 他转过身来骂我。 2 promise 允诺 [transitiveT]PROMISE to promise that you will do something 起誓保证〔做某事〕 swear (that) Victor swore he would get his revenge. 维克托发誓要报仇。 swear to do something Mona swore never to return home. 莫娜发誓再也不回家。 Do you swear on your honour (=promise very strongly) that you will never tell anyone? ► see thesaurus at promise 你能以你的名誉发誓绝不告诉任何人吗？ 3 state the truth 陈述事实 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] informalSAY/STATE to say very strongly that what you are saying is true 发誓保证；郑重声明〔自己说的是真话〕 I never touched your purse, I swear! 我绝对没有碰过你的钱包，我发誓！ swear (that) He says he was there all the time, but I swear I never saw him. 他说他一直在那儿，但我发誓我根本没见到他。 swear blind British EnglishBrE (=say very strongly) 一口咬定 She swore blind that she had never seen him before. 她一口咬定以前从未见过他。 I never touched her, I swear to God. 我从未碰过她，我敢向上帝起誓。 I think it was about ten o'clock when we left, but I couldn’t swear to it (=I am not certain). 我想我们离开时大约10点，但我不能肯定。 4 somebody could have sworn (that) ... used to say that someone was sure about something but now they think they were wrong 某人明明记得… I could have sworn I had my keys. 我明明记得我带着钥匙。 Examples from the Corpus somebody could have sworn (that) ...• All of which is very curious we could have sworn Colin Milburn went to good old Greencroft comprehensive.• Athelstan could have sworn he was acting as if there was some one else there.• Corbett could have sworn that momentarily he glimpsed another figure, shadow-like, but fled on.• The friar could have sworn that Sir John was singing a hymn or a song under his breath.• She could have sworn the light had been yellow - pure yellow.• He could have sworn the pile of letters had been deeper, that there had been many more.• No, he recalled other sightings, so real you could have sworn they were alive ... until they vanished.• The Myrcans looked on with what he could have sworn was approval. 5 public promise 公开承诺 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]SCTPROMISE to make a public official promise, especially in a court of law 〔尤指在法庭上〕宣誓，起誓 swear on Witnesses have to swear on the Bible. 证人须手按《圣经》宣誓。 Remember that you have sworn an oath and so must tell the truth. 记住你已经宣过誓了，所以必须讲真话。 Presidents must swear allegiance to the US constitution. 总统必须宣誓效忠美国宪法。 6. swear somebody to secrecy/silence TELL A SECRETto make someone promise not to tell anyone what you have told them 使某人发誓保守秘密 Examples from the Corpus swear somebody to secrecy/silence• Amy told no one else except her younger brother Howard, and she swore him to secrecy.• Lois had sworn her to secrecy.• They swore one another to secrecy.• This time I had taken the precaution of tipping off the organizers in advance and swearing them to silence.• She swore him to secrecy and asked him to build the barrel.• He swore his family to secrecy and tried to continue living a normal life, making regular stage appearances and several movies.• No, surely he would swear her to secrecy - if he really did agree in the end to Miguel's request.• Jett swore me to secrecy, with particular reference to you. 7 swear by something phrasal verbphr v informal EFFECTIVEto have great confidence in how good or effective something is 极其信赖 He swears by vitamin C pills. 他很相信维生素 C 片的效用。 Examples from the Corpus swear by • The mother-goddess swore by a necklace of blue stones.• A: Some cooks say that basting does nothing to ensure moist meat; others swear by it.• There is no medical proof that taking Vitamin B6 helps, but some of his patients swear by it.• Other friends swore by Jenny Craig because it was so convenient.• The parson would swear by Jupiter to show he's a public school man but these old women would have him.• The Proconsul offers him a last-minute reprieve, however, if he will repent and swear by the genius of Caesar.• At the Morse School, principal James Coady and his teachers swear by the results.• Some swear by the techniques of Life Cycle Assessment, whilst others see it as a crude substitute for sound judgment. 8 swear somebody ↔ in phrasal verbphr v PROMISEif someone with a new public job or position is sworn in, they make an official promise to do their duty well 使〔某人〕宣誓就职 The new governor will be sworn in next week. 新州长将于下星期宣誓就职。 The jury have not yet been sworn in. 陪审团还没有宣誓就任。 n Grammar Swear in is usually passive. Examples from the Corpus swear in• The case had taken two weeks at the Old Bailey, the first devoted to legal argument before the jury was sworn.• Kelly swore Kennelly in, and he also swore under his breath.• He explained as House met today, better not to swear me in as First Lord of the Treasury until it rose.• Tamayo swears he comes in at 8 a. m. every day just so he can work out.• After they had used swear words once in class, he argued, they would never use them again.• Those squirrelly lizards and the prevalence of mosquitoes were why she swore off camping in Hawaii.• Joey Cohen was a kid who took absolute pleasure in swearing and in proving his toughness to himself.• He bought four ponies, all of which Alejandro swore played in the final of last year's Open. —swearing noun [uncountableU] He was cautioned for swearing. 他因说脏话受到警告。 lots of shouting and swearing 许多喊叫声和咒骂声 Examples from the Corpus swear• I've never heard her swear.• New citizens are asked to swear allegiance during the citizenship ceremony.• Not surprisingly, disruptive behaviour - shouting, swearing and general rowdiness - was sometimes evident.• He swore angrily when he realized he'd missed the train.• He swore at me to get out.• Officers say the suspect swore at them and threw a punch.• She swears blind that she never met the man.• The plane flew so low that Geoff swears he saw one wing touch the top of a tree.• In return for our consent, he swore he would give it up the day after he won the election.• Yocum garnered 56. 3 percent of the vote Tuesday, and is expected to be sworn into office June 27.• As a repentant sinner I pledge to swear off this hallucinogen.• Major Roland Tuck swore peaceably under his breath.• It was a mistake -- she swears that she didn't mean to do it.• During the ceremony you swear that you will serve the country loyally.• I swore to myself that I'd never do anything like it again.• Do you swear to tell the truth? swear to do something• That means somebody who swears to false testimony in court to get Hearst control of another claim.• Around my area, 50,000 men follow freemasonry and each has sworn to give his utmost allegiance to the Craft. 4.• Those pictures on the wall - all originals, he would swear to it.• After persuading her to dance with him, he swears to marry her.• Theodor swears to me that he can do it in 45 minutes.• Do you swear to tell the whole truth?• Judge Jones had had a form of leukemia for several years when he was sworn to the bench in December 1994.• She swore to Vilma that her father loved her with all his heart.• Death's mercy has held off all too long, but now I swear to you this is ending. swear blind• His informant swore blind that the arms were still there. swear allegiance• All those present swore allegiance to Aenarion.• Some employers tried to make potential participants swear allegiance to heterosexuality before they would pay their conference fee.• Saving only the fealty which he owed to his father he swore allegiance to Philip against all men.• They have sworn allegiance to the Warbutt now. Old English swerian |
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