swear

Why did you let him swear at you like that?

你怎么听任他那么骂你呢？

For Andrew Fuller, the child-centric nature of our society has affected everyone: "The rules are different now from when today's parents were growing up," he says, "Adults are scared of saying: 'don't swear', or asking a child to stand up on a bus."

对安德鲁·富勒来说，我们社会以孩子为中心的本性已经影响到每个人：“现在的规则与现今父母长大时的规矩不同。”他说，“成年人害怕说：‘不许骂人’，或要求孩子在公共汽车上站起来。”

We have sworn to fight cruelty wherever we find it.

我们已郑重许诺，无论在哪儿发现暴行我们都要与其斗争。

He swore revenge on the man who had killed his father.

他发誓要向那个杀死他父亲的人报仇。

I swear to God I had nothing to do with it.

我可以对天发誓，这跟我一点关系也没有。

I swear on all I hold dear that I had nothing to do with this.

我拿我所在乎的一切发誓我与这件事情无关。

We have John standing by the time clock, and he swears he saw nothing irregular.

我们让约翰站在考勤钟旁边，他发誓他没看到任何异常情况。

Everyone was sworn to secrecy about what had happened.

关于已发生的事，每个人都依照要求起誓不外传。