perjure

GRE

英 ['pɜːdʒə] 美['pɝdʒɚ]

释义

vt. 作伪证；使发伪誓；使破坏誓言

词态变化

第三人称单数: perjures;过去式: perjured;过去分词: perjured;现在分词: perjuring;名词: perjurer;

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。

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

英英释意

1. knowingly tell an untruth in a legal court and render oneself guilty of perjury

实用场景例句

Witnesses lied and perjured themselves...: 证人撒谎作伪证。

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。

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

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。