perjure
英 ['pɜːdʒə]
美 ['pɝdʒɚ]
助記提示
1、per- "through" + jur- "swear" + -e.
2、per- "through" 在這裏引申為：由好的一方麵through到不好的一方麵；同類單詞：pervert.
3、由此，本單詞引申為：swear falsely, break one's word, break one's oath.
中文詞源
perjure 作偽證，發假誓來自拉丁語periurium,偽誓，來自per-,整個的，-jur,發誓，詞源同adjure,jury.即信誓旦旦，詞義貶義化，引申詞義作偽證，發假誓。比較perfidy.
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. She would rather perjure herself than admit to her sins.
- 她寧願在法庭上撒謊也不願承認她的罪行。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The man scrupled to perjure himself.
- 這人發偽誓時遲疑了起來.
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