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swearing

swearing
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  • 柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典

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1. VERB 咒骂;诅咒;说脏话 If someone swears, they use language that is considered to be rude or offensive, usually because they are angry. 

  • It's wrong to swear and shout...

    破口大骂是不对的。

  • They swore at them and ran off.

    他们骂了他们后就跑掉了。

2. VERB 发誓要;郑重承诺 If you swear to do something, you promise in a serious way that you will do it. 

  • Alan swore that he would do everything in his power to help us...

    艾伦许诺要尽其所能帮助我们。

  • We have sworn to fight cruelty wherever we find it...

    我们发誓要见恶除恶。

  • The police are the only civil servants who have to swear allegiance to the Crown...

    警察是唯一要宣誓效忠君主的公务员。

3. VERB 发誓，郑重声明，保证(所说属实) If you say that you swear that something is true or that you can swear to it, you are saying very firmly that it is true. 

  • I swear I've told you all I know...

    我发誓我已经把我所知道的全都告诉你了。

  • I swear on all I hold dear that I had nothing to do with this...

    我以身家性命担保，我和这件事无关。

  • Behind them was a confusion of noise, perhaps even a shot, but he couldn't swear to it.

    他们身后响起一片嘈杂声，也许还有枪击声，但他不能确定。

4. VERB 使发誓，使承诺(保守秘密) If someone is sworn to secrecy or is sworn to silence, they promise another person that they will not reveal a secret. 

  • She was bursting to announce the news but was sworn to secrecy.

    她急不可待想宣布这个消息，但却发过誓要守口如瓶。

5. See also: sworn;  
相关词组：
swear by  swear in 
Noun

1. profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger;

  • "expletives were deleted"

2. a commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of law); to lie under oath is to become subject to prosecution for perjury

1. He tried to cry off after swearing he would do it!
他发誓要做后，又想打退堂鼓。

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. He twisted the letter up into a ball and threw it into the fire, swearing softly.
他把信搓揉成一团，然后扔进火里，嘴里还喃喃地骂着。

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. The censor clipped the swearing words.
电影审查员剪去了骂人的话。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》