1. swear for : 保证;
2. swear off : 发誓戒除;
3. swear on : 凭...发誓;
4. swear out : 通过宣誓控告使法院发出拘捕证;
5. swear against : 起誓反对;
6. not enough to swear by : 仅仅一点点;
及物动词
不及物动词
1. 咒骂;诅咒;说脏话
If someone swears, they use language that is considered to be rude or offensive, usually because they are angry.
2. 发誓要;郑重承诺
If you swear to do something, you promise in a serious way that you will do it.
3. 发誓,郑重声明,保证(所说属实)
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.
4. 使发誓,使承诺(保守秘密)
If someone is sworn to secrecy or is sworn to silence, they promise another person that they will not reveal a secret.
5. see also: sworn
1. have confidence or faith in
e.g. We can trust in God
Rely on your friends
bank on your good education
I swear by my grandmother's recipes
2. utter obscenities or profanities
e.g. The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street
Synonym: cursecussblasphemeimprecate
3. promise solemnly
take an oath
4. to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
e.g. Before God I swear I am innocent
Synonym: affirmverifyassertavowaverswan
5. make a deposition
declare under oath