perjure

英 ['pɜːdʒə] 美 ['pɝdʒɚ]
  • vt. 作伪证;使发伪誓;使破坏誓言

助记提示


1、per- "through" + jur- "swear" + -e.
2、per- "through" 在这里引申为:由好的一方面through到不好的一方面;同类单词:pervert.
3、由此,本单词引申为:swear falsely, break one's word, break one's oath.

中文词源


perjure 作伪证,发假誓

来自拉丁语periurium,伪誓,来自per-,整个的,-jur,发誓,词源同adjure,jury.即信誓旦旦,词义贬义化,引申词义作伪证,发假誓。比较perfidy.

英文词源


perjure (v.)
mid-15c. "swear falsely" (implied in perjured; late 13c. in Anglo-French), from Old French parjurer "to break one's word, renege on a promise" (11c.), from Latin periurare "to swear falsely, break one's oath" (see perjury). Reflexive sense is from 18c.

双语例句


1. She would rather perjure herself than admit to her sins.
她宁愿在法庭上撒谎也不愿承认她的罪行。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The man scrupled to perjure himself.
这人发伪誓时迟疑了起来.

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