| 釋義 |
forswear(forswore pa.t.;forsworn pa. p.) vt.
1.renounce upon oath,swear to give up,swear to ab-andon 發(fā)誓與…斷絕關(guān)系，發(fā)誓放棄，發(fā)誓拋棄。
△Tw.3.4.278 (252): “or forswear to wear iron about you.” 否則你只有發(fā)誓永不帶劍。
△1H .IV.2.2.17 (15): “I have forsworn his company hourly any time this two andtwenty years,and yet I am bewitched with the rogue’scompany.”這二十二年以來(lái)，我時(shí)時(shí)都在發(fā)誓和他斷絕來(lái)往，可還是中了魔似的離不開這個(gè)壞蛋。
△3H.VI.1.1. 251: “Thenorthern lords,that have forsworn thy colours,/ Willfollow mine if once they see them spread；” (thenorthern lords: Northumberland,Westmoreland,andClifford) 發(fā)誓與你的旗幟斷絕關(guān)系的北方諸貴族一旦看見我的旗幟飄揚(yáng)，一定要來(lái)追隨我。
forswear arms: renounce the profession of arms 發(fā)誓拋棄武器，洗手不干舞刀弄?jiǎng)@一行。
△1H.IV.1. 2. 206(184):“and for the third,if he fight longer than hesees reason,I’ll forswear arms.”至于第三個(gè)人，如果他見勢(shì)不妙還肯多斗一會(huì)兒的話，我就從此洗手不干舞刀弄?jiǎng)@一行。
2. renounce,give up,abandon 放棄，與…斷絕關(guān)系，拋棄。
△2H.IV.2.4.218 (204):“I’ll forswear keeping houseafore I’ll be in these tirrits and frights.”我再不開這個(gè)酒店了，我可受不了這種恐怖和驚嚇。
△Gent. 3. 1. 213:“Hathshe forsworn me?”她把我遺棄了嗎？
△Shr.4. 2. 26:“Forswear Bianca and her love for ever.”永久放棄比恩卡和對(duì)她的這一段癡情。
△As. 3. 2. 446 (419): “to for-swear the full stream of the world，”拋棄了整個(gè)的人世生活，看破紅塵。
△Tw.1.3. 95 (88):“An I thought that,I'd forswear it.” i.e. I would not eat it any more. 我要早知道，我就把它戒了。
△Oth. 4.2.159: “Comfort for-swear me!”愿我永遠(yuǎn)不得快樂(lè)！
△3H.VI.3.2. 153:“Why,Love forswore me in my mother’s womb；”嘿，我在娘胎里的時(shí)候，愛神就把我拋棄了。
3. have nothing to do with 不跟…來(lái)往。
△As.3.2.443(416): “then forswear him；”有時(shí)不理他。
4. swear to refuse發(fā)誓拒絕。
△Rom.1.1.229 (223):“She hath forsworn to love,and in that vow / Do Ilive dead that live to tell it now.”i.e. She has swornan oath not to love. and in that promise I live like adead man who lives only to tell it now. 她已經(jīng)發(fā)誓永不戀愛，為了這一誓言，我雖然活著講話，實(shí)在和死去一般。
5. deny on oath,deny with a false oath發(fā)誓否認(rèn)，用一個(gè)假誓否認(rèn)。
△1H.IV.5.2.36:“I told him gently of ourgrievances,/ Of his oath-breaking,which he mendedthus. / By now forswearing that he is forsworn. ”我溫和地告訴他我們的委屈以及他的背誓，他這樣彌補(bǔ)他的過(guò)錯(cuò)：竟然發(fā)誓否認(rèn)他自己曾經(jīng)違背過(guò)誓言。
△Com.5.1.11:“Whichhe forswore most monstrously to have.”他絕口否認(rèn)把它拿去。
～ vb.refl. swear falsely,perjure oneself使發(fā)假誓，使違背（自己的）誓言。
△Wiv.4. 5. 104(101):“I never pros-pered since I forswore myself at primero.”我自從那次打牌賴了賭賬之后，就一直沒(méi)有交過(guò)好運(yùn)。
△Gent.2.5.3: “Forswear not thyself,sweet youth，”你不要發(fā)偽誓，好孩子。
△3H.VI.5.5.75:“Ay,but thou usest to forswearthyself.”不錯(cuò)，但是你習(xí)慣于發(fā)假誓。
～ vi. swear falsely,commit perjury發(fā)假誓，違背誓言。
△Gent.2.6.6:“Love bade me swear,and Love bidsme forswear.”愛情叫我發(fā)誓，愛情又叫我違背誓言。 forswear[f?:?sw??]v. 舍棄，放棄，作偽證
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