sworn
US
UK sworn adj: (enmity: perpetual, determined) (仇敌)
SC 不共戴天的 bú gòng dài tiān de
You'll never get Jeremy and David to talk to each other; those two are sworn foes.
你永远都不可能让杰里米和大卫交谈，那两个人就是不共戴天的仇敌。
sworn adj: (bound by oath)
SC 发过誓的 fā guò shì de
TC 發過誓的
TC 發過誓的
SC 宣过誓的 fā guò shì de ，xuān guò shì de
Those politicians are elected and sworn officials.
sworn adj: (friendship: loyal, devoted) (朋友)
SC 刎颈之交的
Your mother and I have been sworn friends since childhood.
sworn to [sth/sb] adj + prep: (bound by oath to [sth/sb])
SC 发誓要
SC 向…发誓 xiàng fā shì
The priest considered himself sworn to God.
I can't tell you; I'm sworn to secrecy.
swear to do [sth] v expr: (legal: say under oath)
SC 宣誓 xuān shì
TC 宣誓
TC 宣誓
SC 发誓 xuān shì，fā shì
I swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
我发誓，我说的是明白无疑、彻彻底底的真话。
swear to do [sth] v expr: (promise solemnly to)
SC 发誓要做某事
I swear to do my best to stay out of trouble.
我发誓尽己所能不惹是非。
swear vi: (promise)
SC 保证 bǎo zhèng
TC 保證 / 保証
TC 保證 / 保証
SC 发誓 bǎo zhèng，fā shì
I'll never do that again; I swear!
我绝不会再那样做了，我保证！
swear that vtr: (with clause: promise)
SC 保证 bǎo zhèng
TC 保證 / 保証
TC 保證 / 保証
SC 发誓 bǎo zhèng，fā shì
When he woke up with a hangover, Glenn swore he'd never drink again.
格伦宿醉醒来，十分难受，发誓再也不喝酒了。
swear vi: (use obscene words)
SC 咒骂 zhòu mà
TC 咒罵
TC 咒罵
SC 诅咒 zhòu mà，zǔ zhòu
It's rude to swear.
说脏话不礼貌。
swear at [sb] vi + prep: (use bad language towards, curse at)
SC 诅咒 zǔ zhòu
SC 咒骂 zǔ zhòu，zhòu mà
TC 咒罵
TC 咒罵
SC 辱骂 zǔ zhòu，rǔ mà
Children should not swear at their parents.
孩子不应该辱骂自己的父母。
swear by [sth/sb] vtr phrasal insep: (have complete faith in)
SC 坚信 jiān xìn
TC 堅信
TC 堅信
SC 主张 jiān xìn，zhǔ zhāng
TC 主張
TC 主張
My grandmother swore by honey as a hayfever remedy.
swear [sb] in, swear in [sb] vtr phrasal sep: (inaugurate, induct into office)
SC 使宣誓就职 shǐ xuān shì jiù zhí
At the ceremony the chief swore in three new deputies.
swear off [sth] vtr phrasal insep: informal (renounce, give up)
SC 发誓戒掉 fā shì jiè diào
TC 發誓戒掉
TC 發誓戒掉
SC 保证放弃 fā shì jiè diào，bǎo zhèng fàng qì
Ken keeps promising he'll swear off the booze.
I have so much bad luck with men, I think I'll swear off dating altogether.
sworn statement n: ([sth] said under oath)
SC 誓词 shì cí
SC 誓言 shì cí，shì yán
According to her sworn statement, she was not in the house at the time of the murder.
sworn testimony n: (evidence given under oath)
SC 宣誓作证 xuān shì zuò zhèng
TC 宣誓作證
TC 宣誓作證
sworn translator n: ([sb] who translates for a court of law)
SC 宣誓译员，宣誓翻译