swear的意思|swear的解释-里氏词典

swear [swєә]

vt. 发誓, 咒骂, 使宣誓

vi. 发誓, 诅咒

n. 诅咒, 誓言

[法] 誓言, 诅咒; 宣誓, 立誓, 发誓

swear
swore, sworn

[ verb ]

Swear \Swear\, v. i. [imp. {Swore}, formerly {Sware}; p. p.
{Sworn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swearing}.] [OE. swerien, AS.
swerian; akin to D. zweren, OS. swerian, OHG. swerien, G.
schw["o]ren, Icel. sverja, Sw. sv["a]rja, Dan. sv[ae]rge,
Icel. & Sw. svara to answer, Dan. svare, Dan. & Sw. svar an
answer, Goth. swaran to swear, and perhaps to E. swarm.
[root]177. Cf. {Answer}.]
1. To affirm or utter a solemn declaration, with an appeal to
God for the truth of what is affirmed; to make a promise,
threat, or resolve on oath; also, to affirm solemnly by
some sacred object, or one regarded as sacred, as the
Bible, the Koran, etc.

Ye shall swear by my name falsely. --Lev. xix.
12.

I swear by all the Roman gods. --Shak.

2. (Law) To give evidence on oath; as, to swear to the truth
of a statement; he swore against the prisoner.

3. To make an appeal to God in an irreverant manner; to use
the name of God or sacred things profanely; to call upon
God in imprecation; to curse.

[I] swore little; diced not above seven times a
week. --Shak.

{To swear by}, to place great confidence in a person or
thing; to trust implicitly as an authority. ``I simply
meant to ask if you are one of those who swear by Lord
Verulam.'' --Miss Edgeworth.

{To swear off}, to make a solemn vow, or a serious
resolution, to abstain from something; as, to swear off
smoking. [Slang]

Swear \Swear\, v. t.
1. To utter or affirm with a solemn appeal to God for the
truth of the declaration; to make (a promise, threat, or
resolve) under oath.

Swear unto me here by God, that thou wilt not deal
falsely with me. --Gen. xxi.
23.

He swore consent to your succession. --Shak.

2. (Law) To put to an oath; to cause to take an oath; to
administer an oath to; -- ofetn followed by in or into;
as, to swear witnesses; to swear a jury; to swear in an
officer; he was sworn into office.

3. To declare or charge upon oath; as, he swore treason
against his friend. --Johnson.

4. To appeal to by an oath.

Now, by Apollo, king,
Thou swear'st thy gods in vain. --Shak.

{To swear the peace against one}, to make oath that one is
under the actual fear of death or bodily harm from the
person, in which case the person must find sureties that
he will keep the peace.

Iraq's Saddam Hussein made a major concession to autonomy-seeking Kurds by ruling that members of the Kurdish regional legislature no longer had to swear allegiance to his Baath party.
But Kremin said more than a dozen witnesses will swear that nothing was thrown at the rescue workers.
After his federal appointment the next year, one of his first acts was to swear in his father as a U.S. citizen.
The Massachusetts governor planned to spend most of today in his office, emerging only to swear in a new member of the state authority which oversees Logan International Airport.
"I detest drugs," Rodriguez said. "I swear as a Catholic and as a family man, I swear on my children, I have no connections with drugs," Rodriguez told The Associated Press.
"I detest drugs," Rodriguez said. "I swear as a Catholic and as a family man, I swear on my children, I have no connections with drugs," Rodriguez told The Associated Press.
Even the moderate Mr. McCurdy is talking about a more adversarial relationship with the Executive, suggesting he intends to swear in every witness.
Proposition 7 would eliminate the century-old section of the oath to which an officeholder must swear publicly that he or she didn't bribe anyone to get the job.
Fodor guides cost just under Pounds 10 in the UK. Diplomatic and business contacts who travel frequently in eastern Europe swear by Insight guides.
He was to swear in a new Cabinet Friday and unveil a new program Sunday.
"I swear on the ashes of my dead mother and on the scars of Theresa Saldana that neither God nor I will rest in peace until the special request in my solemn petition has been granted," he said in one letter.
They won't swear, but they will affirm." Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze said today he was "full of good expectations and great hopes" as he arrived to discuss a summit to heal the 30-year-old China-Soviet breach.
Constitutional experts and well-placed opposition sources said Ershad would swear in his own successor.
The announcement confirmed that Mobutu would resist pressure to reappoint Tshisekedi, fired Monday for refusing to swear allegiance to the president.
NASA managers swear they have learned the lessons of the Challenger disaster and won't scrimp on safety.
Telephone taps have resumed, diplomats and politicians swear.
No one knows what the ultimate liability will be." Meanwhile, the memory of asbestos lingers on, even as company officials swear that Manville's reputation among customers wasn't damaged.
"I swear to you on the heads of my children that what I've seen in the last couple of days is an absolute miracle," said Blake, who sat in on the talks.
"I had no idea that money was used to pay for a house in California, Michigan or Ohio, or anywhere else on earth," the 65-year-old Hart has said. "With God as my witness, I swear I did not do that.
Many political scientists swear by the principle of majority rule and some believe the runoff system should be universal.
'Nobody has managed to find them yet, though some people swear they exist, just like the famous Oxford treacle well,' Martell said.
IBM executives also swear that once the specs are set now, they're set.
At Tuesday's session, Rudnicki called the name of each deputy and asked them to swear to work for Poland's good.
"I swear with my hand on the cross that he is not guilty," she said in an interview.
John Tower's pledge to swear off alcohol if approved as defense secretary left two undecided Senate Democrats unmoved today and pledging they will go over all evidence on the nominee's character before deciding how to vote.
"I covered (Arab) demonstrations full of hatred and violence, and I swear by our God and their God that I was never as afraid as yesterday in the streets of Jerusalem," she wrote.
I swear I don't know why any of this movie happens the way it does.
Four other deputies-elect, who belong to the Herri Batasuna Party, considered the political wing of the armed Basque separatist group ETA, were not eligible to vote after refusing Monday to swear allegiance to the Spanish constitution.
Mazda's U.S. workers swear at it.
"If you could only see how they handle livestock, you would probably swear you'd never eat beef or pork," says Efren San Juan, the national government's top meat inspector.

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