"The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street"
"Before God I swear I am innocent"
"We can trust in God"
"Rely on your friends"
"bank on your good education"
"I swear by my grandmother's recipes"
1.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.
e.g. It's wrong toswear and shout...
破口大骂是不对的。
e.g. They swore at them and ran off.
他们骂了他们后就跑掉了。
2.发誓要;郑重承诺
If youswear to do something, you promise in a serious way that you will do it.
swear是什么意思
e.g. 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。
e.g. We have sworn to fight cruelty wherever we find it...
我们发誓要见恶除恶。
3.发誓，郑重声明，保证(所说属实)
If you say that youswear that something is true or that you canswear to it, you are saying very firmly that it is true.
swear的近义词
e.g. Iswear 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。
e.g. Iswear 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。
4.使发誓，使承诺(保守秘密)
If someoneis sworn to secrecy oris sworn to silence, they promise another person that they will not reveal a secret.
e.g. 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。
5. see also: sworn
相关词组：swear byswear in
1. swear什么意思
1. 发誓：你的同学也许也会常常发誓(swear)来强调某些重大的事,听听就好,反正他头上有装避雷针,五雷轰不到他,但旁边的人,嗯,不敢保证!澳洲长期以来都是由各自治区分治的情况,所以国家(Nation)的观念还挺薄弱的,所以你选择在雪梨读书的留学经验,
2. 誓言：中国出身的歌姬阿兰(alan)的新曲<swear)>>出生于中国四川省的歌手阿兰(alan),在中国人民解放军艺术学院声乐系就读期间参加了日本唱片公司主办的歌手选拔赛并顺利通过,在日本初次登场后,一直活跃于日本乐坛.
住嘴，你竟敢那样咒骂我!
You have no right to swear at me like that!你无权那样咒骂我！
I swear by Almighty God that I will tell the truth.我对万能的上帝发誓我要说真话。
They swore an oath to carry out their duties faithfully.他们发誓要忠实履行自己的职责。
I swear I won't tell anyone your secret.我发誓不把你的秘密告诉任何人。
The witnesses must swear before speaking.证人在发言前必须宣誓。
Don't forget your swear for me.不要忘记你对我发过的誓言。
Say that again,but this time leave out the swear words.再说一遍，但这次省去那些诅咒语。
I can have swear ( that ) I saw a flying saucer over the sky !我可以发誓我看见天上有一只飞碟！
She fell over and swore loudly.她摔倒了，大骂了一声。
Why did you let him swear at you like that?你怎么听任他那么骂你呢？
He swore revenge on the man who had killed his father.他发誓要向那个杀死他父亲的人报仇。
I swear (that) I'll never leave you.我保证决不离开你。
She made him swear not to tell anyone.她要他发誓不告诉任何人。
She swore (that) she'd never seen him before.她明确表示自己以前从未见过他。
I could have sworn (= I am sure) I heard the phone ring.我敢肯定我听见电话铃响了。
I swear to God I had nothing to do with it.我可以对天发誓，这跟我一点关系也没有。
Witnesses were required to swear on the Bible.证人须手按《圣经》宣誓。
Are you willing to stand up in court and swear that you don't recognize him?你愿出庭起誓说你不认识他吗？
Remember, you have sworn to tell the truth.别忘记，你宣过誓要讲实话。
Barons had to swear an oath of allegiance to the king.贵族须宣誓效忠国王。
Everyone was sworn to secrecy about what had happened.关于已发生的事，每个人都依照要求起誓不外传。
I swear by almighty God that I will tell the truth.我向全能的上帝起誓，我以下所说句句属实。
She swears by meditation as a way of relieving stress.她深信冥想有助于缓解压力。
He was sworn in as president.他宣誓就任总统。
The new prime minister was sworn into office.新首相宣誓就职。
I think I put the keys back in the drawer, but I couldn't swear to it (= I'm not completely sure) .我觉得我把钥匙放回抽屉里了，不过我不敢肯定。
It's wrong to swear and shout...破口大骂是不对的。
They swore at them and ran off.他们骂了他们后就跑掉了。
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。
We have sworn to fight cruelty wherever we find it...我们发誓要见恶除恶。
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。
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。
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。
I know it's hard not to swear when your feelings get working.我知道,脾气一上来,不骂娘,确实不容易.
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.
His boss often swore at him, sometimes for no reason at all.
老板经常骂他,有时毫无理由。
The foreman swore at his workers.
工头咒骂工人。
Glen leant out of the car window and swore at another driver.
格伦将身子探出车窗,咒骂另一个司机。
He could hear them shouting and swearing at each other.
他听到他们在大叫大嚷,互相咒骂。
Why did you swear at missing the bus?
误了一班车你骂个什么?
He resented being sworn at.
他憎恨别人骂他。
His friends will swear for his integrity.
他的朋友愿意为他正直的品格作担保。
All of us will swear for his honesty.
我们大家都愿意担保他是诚实的。
I could call many people to swear for this method.
我可以请许多人为这个方法担保。
At the inauguration, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court swore in the new President.
就职典礼上,最高法院的首席法官主持新总统的就职仪式。
He was sworn in shortly after the election.
选举后不久他便宣誓就职了。
I've sworn off drugs.
我已经戒毒了。
He swore off smoking when the doctor said it caused lung cancers.
当医生告诉他吸烟会引起肺癌时,他发誓要戒烟。
I swear on the head of my son here that I made no threat to the king.
我以我儿子的头发誓,我没干过危害国王的事。
The witness is asked to swear upon the Bible that he will tell the truth.
证人被要求手抚《圣经》发誓,一定讲出实情。
I think it was him I saw, but I couldn't swear to it.
我想我见过的是他,但我不敢肯定。
I couldn't swear to having seen him.
我不能断定见过他。
He swore to having seen that movie before.
他说他以前肯定看过那场电影。
swear sb to sthHis friends swore him to integrity.
他的朋友们担保说他为人廉正。
swear sb to secrecyThey swore him to secrecy.
他们令他立誓保密。
I should be forced to quit, if I did not swear.
出自：T. HearneThey had sworn, by the sacred head of the emperor.
出自：GibbonAnd on the book..Miriam swore.
出自：Tennyson
