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forswear

音標[f?:'sw??] 讀音

漢語翻譯


vt. 發誓拋棄, 發誓否定
vi. 發偽誓, 作偽證
【法】 發誓拋棄, 發誓否認, 發偽誓

英文解釋：

動詞 forswear:

  1. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
    同義詞：abjure, recant, retract, resile

例句：

  1. He had forsworn smoking.
    他已經戒菸了。

詳細解釋：


forswear 也作 fore.swear

v.（動詞）
for.swore[fôr-swôr., fôr-swôr.] for.sworn[fôr-swôrn., fôr-swôrn.] for.swear.ing,for.swears
v.tr.（及物動詞）

To renounce or repudiate under oath.
放棄，發誓拋棄
To renounce seriously.
堅決放棄
To disavow under oath; deny.
發誓否認；堅決否認
To make (oneself) guilty of perjury.
使犯偽證罪：因發偽誓而有罪
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To swear falsely; commit perjury.
作偽證：發偽誓；作偽證

來源：
Middle English forsweren
中古英文 forsweren
from Old English forswerian
源自 古英文 forswerian
for- [wrongly] * see for-
for- [錯誤地] *參見 for-
swerian [to swear] * see swear
swerian [發誓] *參見 swear

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