forswear

英 [fɔːˈsweə(r)] 美 [fɔːrˈswer]

v.  放弃; 发誓戒除

现在分词:forswearing过去式:forswore第三人称单数:forswears过去分词:forsworn

GRE

BNC.44466 / COCA.36477



牛津词典

verb

  1. 放弃;发誓戒除
    to stop doing or using sth; to make a promise that you will stop doing or using sth
    1. The group forswears all worldly possessions.
      这个团体放弃一切尘世财物。
    2. The country has not forsworn the use of chemical weapons.
      该国并未保证禁用化学武器。

柯林斯词典

  1. VERB 发誓抛弃;承诺放弃
    If you forswear something, you promise that you will stop doing it, having it, or using it.
    1. The party was offered a share of government if it forswore violence.
      该党如果宣誓放弃暴力就可以参与执政。

双语例句

  1. The party was offered a share of government if it forswore violence.
    该党如果宣誓放弃暴力就可以参与执政。
  2. The government is surely strong enough to forswear the facile popularity that others seek when hammering a foreign firm.
    在打击外国公司时,印度政府当然已足够强大,有资本抛弃其他国家追求的那种肤浅的拥戴。
  3. The young senator pledged to forswear private money in the general election if his opponent did likewise.
    这名年轻的参议员当时承诺,如果他的对手在总统大选中承诺放弃私人捐助,他也会照做。
  4. You must tell the truth to the judge, because if you forswear yourself you could go to prison.
    你必须向法官说老实话,因为你如果作伪证就可能坐牢。
  5. The solution, of course, is not to forswear financial technology but to develop more advanced technology – so advanced that it becomes foolproof and invisible to the human operator.
    当然,解决之道并非戒掉金融技术,而是开发出更加先进的技术&先进到简单明了,不出差错,让人类操作者驾驭自如。
  6. Ignoring their city's renowned dustiness, Beijingers adore wearing white, and winter is no time to forswear it.
    不理睬他们城市著名的尘土,北京人爱穿白色,连冬天的时候也一样。
  7. Oath of abjuration Some priests have to forswear marriage.
    有些祭司必须宣誓放弃婚姻。
  8. Without serious global co-ordination, in which the US and Europe forswear protectionism in exchange for significant appreciation of undervalued currencies, rising tariffs appear inevitable.
    如果没有真诚的全球协作美国和欧洲放弃保护主义,以换取被低估货币的大幅升值关税的不断提高似乎无可避免。
  9. Accuse some innocent and forswear myself.
    让某个无辜的人背黑锅啦。
  10. The priests of some religions must forswear wealth and marriage.
    有些宗教的祭司必须宣誓放弃财富和婚姻。

英英释义

verb

  1. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
    1. He retracted his earlier statements about his religion
    2. She abjured her beliefs

    Synonym:    abjurerecantretractresile