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s=speak
v.发誓,诅咒
固定搭配:
①swear at sb. 诅咒某人
②swear to do sth. 发誓做某事
③swear sb. to do sth. 使某人发誓做某事
词源记忆法
来自古英语swerian,发誓,来自Proto-Germanic*swarjana,说,发誓,来自PIE*swer,说,讲。引申词义咒骂,诅咒。
单词用法
swear的基本意思是“咒骂”,指用污秽的语言对某人或某物进行攻击,造成精神上的伤害。swear还可指明确或郑重地向某人保证某事,即“发誓”。
近似词汇
sweep v.扫去;清除
重要短语
swear by对…发誓;[口]极其信赖
swear an oath宣誓
swear on v.凭…发誓
swear in使宣誓就职
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。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》I swear it is no exaggeration that tobacco had completely wiped out my sense of taste.
我发誓,毫不夸张地说,香烟曾经使我的味觉完全消失了.
来源:时文部分I used to get very upset and scream and swear, throwing tantrums all over the place.
以前,我动不动就发脾气,大喊大叫,还骂人。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Any time you told one of them something, they'd swear you'd mixed them up and told the other.
每次你告诉他们俩当中一人某件事情时,他们都会发誓说你把他们弄混了,和你说话的是另外那个。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Be very careful not to swear in front of little children. Little pitchers have big ears.
要非常小心别在孩子们的面前说脏话. 他们人小耳尖.
来源:网络文摘精选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。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》I swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
我发誓说出真相, 整个真相,完完全全的真相.
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