v.咒罵；發(fā)誓；宣誓
n.誓言；咒罵；發(fā)誓
Shut up! How dare you swear at me like that! 住嘴，你竟敢那樣咒罵我!
You have no right to swear at me like that! 你無權(quán)那樣咒罵我！
I swear by Almighty God that I will tell the truth. 我對萬能的上帝發(fā)誓我要說真話。
I swear I won't tell anyone your secret. 我發(fā)誓不把你的秘密告訴任何人。
The witnesses must swear before speaking. 證人在發(fā)言前必須宣誓。
用作名詞 (n.)Don't forget your swear for me. 不要忘記你對我發(fā)過的誓言。
Say that again,but this time leave out the swear words. 再說一遍，但這次省去那些詛咒語。
I can have swear ( that ) I saw a flying saucer over the sky ! 我可以發(fā)誓我看見天上有一只飛碟！
swear的基本意思是“咒罵”,指用污穢的語言對某人或某物進(jìn)行攻擊,造成精神上的傷害。swear還可指明確或鄭重地向某人保證某事,即“發(fā)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,后接名詞、代詞、動詞不定式或that從句作賓語,還可接以形容詞充當(dāng)補(bǔ)足語的復(fù)合賓語。可用于被動結(jié)構(gòu)。
swear表示“罵人”時,其后須與介詞at連用。
swear的過去式是swore,過去分詞是sworn。
