sworn

Word family  noun swearing adjective sworn verb swear

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++sworn1 /swɔːn $ swɔːrn/ verb  x-refthe past participle of swear swear 的过去分词sworn2 adjective  1. sworn enemies x-reftwo people or groups of people who will always hate each other 不共戴天的死敌2. sworn statement/evidence/testimony etc ENEMYa statement etc that someone makes after officially promising to tell the truth 宣誓后的陈述/证据/证词等

Examples from the Corpus

sworn• It is a strange sister party which wants to see Labour's sworn enemies back in power.• More and more the sworn enemies of Tokugawa political power openly flouted Bakufu authority.• In the Fifties they were sworn enemies.• This killer dressed like a popinjay, sweetly singing a madrigal to men he knew were his sworn enemies.• For self-defence therefore the sworn foresters were allowed to carry bows and arrows in the forest.• Forest wardens, verderers, regarders, foresters and sworn jurors made presentments before them of offences against vert and venison.• She had done nothing criminal; she had merely broken a sworn promise.• Years later her parents made a sworn statement testifying that the couple had met in July 1917.

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past Corpus the participle swear of

sworn

I

sworn¹ /swɔːn $ swɔːrn/
the past participle of swear

II

sworn² adjective1. sworn enemies two people or groups of people who will always hate each other
2. sworn statement/evidence/testimony etc a statement etc that someone makes after officially promising to tell the truth

swornBrE /swɔːn/ 🔊NAmE /swɔːrn/ 🔊 adjective [only before noun] made after you have promised to tell the truth, especially in court （尤指在法庭上）宣过誓的，宣誓证明的◆a sworn statement宣誓证词~ enemies people, countries, etc. that have a strong hatred for each other 不共戴天的仇敌  ➡  see also swear