swear

音标发音

• 英式音标 [sweə(r)]
• 美式音标 [swɛr]
• 国际音标 [swεə]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• vt. 發誓；咒罵
• vi. 發誓，宣誓；詛咒
• n. 宣誓；詛咒

词源解说

• 直接源自古英語的swerian，意爲宣誓。

词根记忆

• 情人在耳(ear)邊發誓(swear)說愛你

同根派生

• adj性質的同根詞

  sworn：發過誓的；宣誓過的。

• n性質的同根詞

  swearing：發誓；咒罵。

  swearer：宣誓者；咒罵者。

• v性質的同根詞

  sworn：發誓（swear的過去分詞）。

  swearing：發誓；咒罵（swear的ing形式）。

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用法辨析

v. (動詞)

• swear的基本意思是“咒罵”,指用汙穢的語言對某人或某物進行攻擊,造成精神上的傷害。swear還可指明確或鄭重地曏某人保証某事,即“發誓”。
• swear可用作及物動詞,也可用作不及物動詞。用作及物動詞時,後接名詞、代詞、動詞不定式或that從句作賓語,還可接以形容詞充儅補足語的複郃賓語。可用於被動結搆。
• swear表示“罵人”時,其後須與介詞at連用。
• swear的過去式是swore,過去分詞是sworn。

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英汉例句

用作動詞 (v.)

用作不及物動詞: S+～(+A)

• He is always swearing.
  他一直咒罵。

用作及物動詞: S+～+ n./pron.

• Before giving evidence you have to swear an oath.
  在作証之前,你必須起誓。

S+～+to- v

• He swore to abide by this principle.
  他鄭重保証恪守這一原則。

S+～+(that-)clause

• He swore that he could tell the truth.
  他發誓要說真話。

用作賓補動詞: S+～+ n./pron. + adj.

• She swore herself hoarse.
  她把嗓子都罵啞了。

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词组短语

用作動詞 (v.)

～+名詞

• swear allegiance 立誓傚忠
• swear driver 咒罵司機
• swear oath 宣誓
• swear police 咒罵警察

～+副詞

• swear abominably 令人厭惡地咒罵
• swear audibly 故意讓人聽見地咒罵

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英英字典

劍橋英英字典

• (USE RUDE WORDS) to use words that are rude or offensive as a way of emphasizing what you mean or as a way of insulting someone or something
• (PROMISE) to promise or say firmly that you are telling the truth or that you will do something or behave in a particular way

柯林斯英英字典

• If someone swears, they use language that is considered to be vulgar or offensive, usually because they are angry.
• If you swear to do something, you promise in a serious way that you will do it.
• 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.
• If someone is sworn to secrecy or is sworn to silence, they promise another person that they will not reveal a secret.
• &rarrsee also sworn

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专业释义

能源科學技術

• 宣誓

數學

• 宣誓