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| 1 | I to use words that are deliberately offensive , for example because you are angry with someone 诅咒；咒骂 |
| That’ s the first time I’ ve ever heard him swear. 那是我头一回听他骂人。 |
| +at She was shouting and swearing at everyone. 她对着每个人又骂又叫。 |
| swear profusely I hammered my thumb and then swore profusely. 我用锤子砸到了自己的大拇指，于是痛骂起来。 |
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| 2 | T to make a sincere statement that you are telling the truth 郑重表明，保证（自己说的是真话） |
| I’ ve never seen him before – I swear! 我以前从未见过他，我说的是实话！ |
| +(that) She swears that this is the man who attacked her. 她肯定地说此人就是袭击她的那个男子。 |
| | 2a | T to make a promise to do something 发誓，许诺（要做某事） | | +(that) You swore that you would never see her again. 你发过誓说你再也不会和她见面。 | | swear to do sth He swore to stay out of politics when he retired. 他许诺说自己退休后要退出政坛。 | | swear vengeance against/on sb (=promise to punish them) Marshall swore vengeance against his brother’ s killers. 发誓要惩罚某人 | |
| | 2b | I/T to make a formal promise to be loyal or to tell the truth 宣誓保证（效忠或说实话） | | Members have to swear an oath of secrecy. 各成员必须宣誓保证要保密。 | | swear (your) allegiance to sb (=promise to be loyal) They have to swear allegiance to the Queen. 宣誓保证（效忠或说实话） | |
| | 2c | used for emphasizing strongly that you are telling the truth 对上帝起誓；以自己的生命保证/手按圣经宣誓（用于特别强调自己所说的属实） | | I swear to God I was never at that place. 我对上帝起誓我从未到过那个地方。 | |
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| - | could have sworn spoken
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| used for saying that you are sure that something happened |
| 可以确信 |
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| I could have sworn I already paid that bill. 我确信我已经付了账单。 |
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| - | swearblind BRITISH informal
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| used for emphasizing that something is true |
| 一口咬定 |
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| He swore blind he’ d been at his girlfriend’ s house all night. 他一口咬定他整晚都呆在他女友的家里。 |
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| - | swear sb to secrecy/silence
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| to make someone promise not to tell anyone else what you have told them |
| 让某人发誓保守秘密 |
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| - | ˈswear by |
| PHRASAL VB INFORMAL |
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| | swear by sth: to believe that something is effective 相信（某物的效用） | My father swears by whisky as a cure for a cold. 我父亲相信威士忌酒是治疗感冒的良方。 | |
| - | ˌswear ˈin |
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| | to make someone give a formal promise in a law court or at an official ceremony 使（某人）在法庭（或正规典礼）上宣誓 | He was sworn in as deputy prime minister. 他宣誓就职副首相。 | |
| - | ˌswear ˈoff |
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| | swear off sth: to promise to stop doing or using something 保证戒掉，保证停用（某物） | The headache I got was almost enough to make me swear off wine forever. 我的头痛几乎足以让我保证永远戒酒。 | |
| - | ˈswear to |
| PHRASAL VB usually in negatives |
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| | swear to sth: to be completely certain of something 完全确信（某事） | I can’ t swear to it, but I think I saw Joan yesterday. 我对此不敢肯定，但我想我昨天见到过琼。 | |
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