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 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++for·swear /fɔːˈsweə $ fɔːrˈswer/ verb (past tense forswore /-ˈswɔː $ -ˈswɔːr/, past participle forsworn /-ˈswɔːn $ -ˈswɔːrn/) [transitive] formal  ALto stop doing something or promise that you will stop doing something 放弃；许诺放弃 SYN renounce We are forswearing the use of chemical weapons for any reason. 我们保证绝不以任何理由使用化学武器。→ See Verb table

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forswear• Both sides agreed to forswear all acts of terrorism.• And it will force Nico to forswear any use of my statement to Molto.• It is currently fashionable to forswear flesh eating in the interests of animal rights or a lower cholesterol level.• But to do that he had to forswear his ... abilities.• It was the Biblical apple with which man was seduced to forswear his innocence in order to gain knowledge and sexuality.• Secondly, Hu suggests that the Fed should forswear intervening directly in equities or equity derivatives.• His refusal to forswear moonshine, however, mocked her with the most painful failure of all.Origin forswear Old English forswerian

for·swear verbChineseSyllable  

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forswear
for‧swear /fɔːˈsweə $ fɔːrˈswer/ verb (past tense forswore /-ˈswɔː $ -ˈswɔːr/, past participle forsworn /-ˈswɔːn $ -ˈswɔːrn/) [transitive] formalto stop doing something or promise that you will stop doing something
   SYN  renounce:
    We are forswearing the use of chemical weapons for any reason.

for·swearBrE /fɔːˈsweə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /fɔːrˈswer/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they forswear BrE /fɔːˈsweə(r)/ 🔊 NAmE /fɔːrˈswer/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it forswears BrE /fɔːˈsweəz/ 🔊 NAmE /fɔːrˈswerz/ 🔊past simple forswore BrE /fɔːˈswɔː(r)/ 🔊 NAmE /fɔːrˈswɔːr/ 🔊past participle forsworn BrE /fɔːˈswɔːn/ 🔊 NAmE /fɔːrˈswɔːrn/ 🔊 -ing form forswearing BrE /fɔːˈsweərɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /fɔːrˈswerɪŋ/ 🔊~ sth (formal or literary) to stop doing or using sth; to make a promise that you will stop doing or using sth 放弃；发誓戒除 SYN renounce ◆The group forswears all worldly possessions. 这个团体放弃一切尘世财物。🔊🔊◆The country has not forsworn the use of chemical weapons. 该国并未保证禁用化学武器。🔊🔊