swearing

英 [ˈsweərɪŋ]

美 [ˈswerɪŋ]

n.  诅咒语; 骂人的话; 脏话
v.  咒骂; 诅咒; 说脏话; 郑重承诺; 发誓要; 表示决心要; 赌咒发誓地说; 肯定地说
swear的现在分词

现在分词：swearing　

法律

Oxford 3000 / BNC.18960 / COCA.20255

牛津词典

noun

• 诅咒语；骂人的话；脏话
  rude or offensive language
  1. I was shocked at the swearing.
     我听到这脏话很震惊。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 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.
  1. It's wrong to swear and shout...
     破口大骂是不对的。
  2. They swore at them and ran off.
     他们骂了他们后就跑掉了。
• VERB 发誓要;郑重承诺
  If youswear todo something, you promise in a serious way that you will do it.
  1. 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。
  2. We have sworn to fight cruelty wherever we find it...
     我们发誓要见恶除恶。
  3. The police are the only civil servants who have to swear allegiance to the Crown...
     警察是唯一要宣誓效忠君主的公务员。
  4. I have sworn an oath to defend her.
     我发誓要保护她。
• VERB 发誓，郑重声明，保证(所说属实)
  If you say that youswearthat something is true or that you canswearto it, you are saying very firmly that it is true.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. Behind them was a confusion of noise, perhaps even a shot, but he couldn't swear to it.
     他们身后响起一片嘈杂声，也许还有枪击声，但他不能确定。
• VERB 使发誓，使承诺(保守秘密)
  If someoneis sworn tosecrecy oris sworn tosilence, they promise another person that they will not reveal a secret.
  1. 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。
• See also:sworn

英英释义

noun

• a commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of law)
  Synonym:oath
• profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
  1. expletives were deleted
  Synonym:cursecurse wordexpletiveoathswearwordcuss

双语例句

• She's just swearing at her computer.
  “她只是在对电脑发脾气”。
• Each other scold you: ( various swearing words)! You should answer: what are you doing self-introduction?
  对方骂你：（各种骂人的脏话）！你要回答：你在做自我介绍吗？
• We left him swearing at us, and went back into the kitchen.
  我们没理会他对我们的咒骂，回到厨房。
• He was shocked to hear his daughter swearing.
  听到他女儿赌咒，他甚为震惊。
• You do know that swearing is a sign of a limited vocabulary, don't you?
  你确实知道骂人就是说明词穷了，是不是？
• I am given to understand that he was swearing throughout the game at our fans.
  我得知整场比赛中他一直冲着我方球迷骂个不停。
• Soaked in sweat, I gave up and returned home angrily, swearing not to let them out again.
  我满身是汉，一肚子气的回了家，发誓以后再也不让它们出去了。
• He gave vent to his anger by swearing loudly.
  他高声咒骂以发泄他的愤怒。
• He was in a right tizzy, muttering and swearing
  他心情非常烦乱，嘴里咕咕哝哝地咒骂着。
• He tried to cry off after swearing he would do it.
  他发誓要做此事，之后又试图撒手不干了。