swears

英 [sweəz]

美 [swerz]

v.  咒骂; 诅咒; 说脏话; 郑重承诺; 发誓要; 表示决心要; 赌咒发誓地说; 肯定地说
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柯林斯词典

• VERB 咒骂;诅咒;说脏话
  If someoneswears, they use language that is considered to be rude or offensive, usually because they are angry.
  1. It's wrong to swear and shout...
     破口大骂是不对的。
  2. They swore at them and ran off.
     他们骂了他们后就跑掉了。
• VERB 发誓要;郑重承诺
  If youswear todo something, you promise in a serious way that you will do it.
  1. 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。
  2. We have sworn to fight cruelty wherever we find it...
     我们发誓要见恶除恶。
  3. 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。
  4. I have sworn an oath to defend her.
     我发誓要保护她。
• VERB 发誓，郑重声明，保证(所说属实)
  If you say that youswearthat something is true or that you canswearto it, you are saying very firmly that it is true.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。
• VERB 使发誓，使承诺(保守秘密)
  If someoneis sworn tosecrecy oris sworn tosilence, they promise another person that they will not reveal a secret.
  1. 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。
• See also:sworn

双语例句

• Her friend swears that the new ones are better.
  她的朋友也说换个新的更好。
• Isabella swears that the love Edgar has for me is nothing to that she entertains for you.
  伊莎贝拉发誓说埃德加对我的爱比起她对你的爱来是不足道的。
• To this day, he swears that was the most wonderful bread he has every eaten.
  直到今天，哥哥还赌咒说那是他吃过的最最精致的面包。
• He swears by his dentist.
  他非常信赖他的牙医。
• "In order to save face, he swears to win in this game."
  “为了挽回了面子，他誓言要赢得这次的比赛。”
• My grandfather swears by his cutthroat razor for giving him a close, comfortable shave.
  我祖父靠他那把锋利的剃刀舒舒服服地把胡子剃光了。
• He swears by his doctor.
  他极信任他的医生。
• You say,'If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing;
  你们说，凡指着殿起誓的，这算不得什么。
• She swears to him that their lives are so entwined that separation is death to her.
  她对他发誓，说他们的生命已经如此紧密地结合在一起了，对她来说分离就等於死亡。
• Some say nott was not shot, but shott swears he shot nott.
  有人说诺特未被射倒，但是肖特发誓他射倒了诺特。