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1 swear
/sweə/ * danh từ - lời thề - lời nguyền rủa, câu chửi rủa * ngoại động từ swore; sworn - thề, thề nguyền, tuyên thệ =to swear eternal fidelity+ thề trung tành muôn đời - bắt thề =to swear somebody to secrecy+ bắt ai thề giữ bí mật * nội động từ - chửi, nguyền rủa !to swear at - nguyền rủa (ai) !to swear by - (thông tục) tỏ ra tin, tỏ ra tín nhiệm - đưa ra (để làm thí dụ) - viện (ai, thần thánh...) để thề =to swear by Jupiter; to swear by all Gods+ thề có trời !to swear off - thề bỏ, thề chừa (rượu...) -
2 swore
/sweə/ * danh từ - lời thề - lời nguyền rủa, câu chửi rủa * ngoại động từ swore; sworn - thề, thề nguyền, tuyên thệ =to swear eternal fidelity+ thề trung tành muôn đời - bắt thề =to swear somebody to secrecy+ bắt ai thề giữ bí mật * nội động từ - chửi, nguyền rủa !to swear at - nguyền rủa (ai) !to swear by - (thông tục) tỏ ra tin, tỏ ra tín nhiệm - đưa ra (để làm thí dụ) - viện (ai, thần thánh...) để thề =to swear by Jupiter; to swear by all Gods+ thề có trời !to swear off - thề bỏ, thề chừa (rượu...) -
3 sworn
/sweə/ * danh từ - lời thề - lời nguyền rủa, câu chửi rủa * ngoại động từ swore; sworn - thề, thề nguyền, tuyên thệ =to swear eternal fidelity+ thề trung tành muôn đời - bắt thề =to swear somebody to secrecy+ bắt ai thề giữ bí mật * nội động từ - chửi, nguyền rủa !to swear at - nguyền rủa (ai) !to swear by - (thông tục) tỏ ra tin, tỏ ra tín nhiệm - đưa ra (để làm thí dụ) - viện (ai, thần thánh...) để thề =to swear by Jupiter; to swear by all Gods+ thề có trời !to swear off - thề bỏ, thề chừa (rượu...)
См. также в других словарях:
swear someone to secrecy — swear someone to secrecy/silence/ phrase to make someone promise not to tell anyone else what you have told them I can’t tell you – I’ve been sworn to secrecy. Thesaurus: to keep something secretsynonym Main entry: swear … Useful english dictionary
swear — [ swer ] (past tense swore [ swɔr ] ; past participle sworn [ swɔrn ] ) verb ** 1. ) intransitive to use words that are deliberately offensive, for example because you are angry with someone: That s the first time I ve ever heard him swear. swear … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
swear — S2 [sweə US swer] v past tense swore [swo: US swo:r] past participle sworn [swo:n US swo:rn] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(offensive language)¦ 2¦(promise)¦ 3¦(state the truth)¦ 4 somebody could have sworn (that) ... 5¦(public promise)¦ 6 swear somebody to… … Dictionary of contemporary English
swear someone to silence — swear someone to secrecy/silence/ phrase to make someone promise not to tell anyone else what you have told them I can’t tell you – I’ve been sworn to secrecy. Thesaurus: to keep something secretsynonym Main entry: swear … Useful english dictionary
swear */*/ — UK [sweə(r)] / US [swer] verb Word forms swear : present tense I/you/we/they swear he/she/it swears present participle swearing past tense swore UK [swɔː(r)] / US [swɔr] past participle sworn UK [swɔː(r)n] / US [swɔrn] 1) [intransitive] to use… … English dictionary
secrecy — n. 1) to ensure secrecy 2) strict secrecy 3) secrecy in (secrecy in conducting negotiations) 4) in secrecy (to meet in secrecy) (the meetings were held in the strictest secrecy) 5) (misc.) to swear smb. to secrecy * * * [ siːkrɪsɪ] (misc.) to… … Combinatory dictionary
swear — v. 1) to swear solemnly 2) (B) ( to promise solemnly ) they swore allegiance to the government 3) (D) intr.) ( to curse ) to swear at (he swore at them) 4) (d; intr.) ( to rely completely ) to swear by (everyone swears by her remedy for a cold)… … Combinatory dictionary
swear — verb 1 use bad language ADVERB ▪ loudly ▪ quietly, silently, softly, under your breath ▪ viciously, violently VERB + … Collocations dictionary
swear — swearer, n. swearingly, adv. /swair/, v., swore or (Archaic) sware; sworn; swearing. v.i. 1. to make a solemn declaration or affirmation by some sacred being or object, as a deity or the Bible. 2. to bind oneself by oath. 3. to give evidence or… … Universalium
swear — [c]/swɛə / (say swair) verb (swore or, Archaic, sware, sworn, swearing) –verb (i) 1. to make a solemn declaration with an appeal to God or some superhuman being in confirmation of what is declared; make affirmation in a solemn manner by some… …
secrecy — se|cre|cy [ˈsi:krəsi] n [U] [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: secretie secrecy (15 16 centuries), from secre secret (14 16 centuries), from Old French secré, from Latin secretus; SECRET1] 1.) the process of keeping something secret, or when something is… … Dictionary of contemporary English