perjure
英['pɜːdʒə]
美['pɝdʒɚ]
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。
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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