Translations for „‘forswear’“ in the English » Chinese Dictionary

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I . forswear <forswore; forsworn> [fɔːˈsweə] VB trans

1. forswear:

forswear

发誓放弃 fāshì fàngqì

2. forswear:

forswear

发誓否认 fāshì fǒurèn

forswear

使作伪证 shǐ zuò wěizhèng

II . forswear <forswore; forsworn> [fɔːˈsweə] VB intr

forswear

作伪证 zuò wěizhèng

forswear <forswore; forsworn> [fɔːˈsweə]

foreswear oneself

发伪誓 fā wěishì

foreswear oneself

作伪证 zuò wěizhèng

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

But he would have to forswear distractions.

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But poverty is not always the reason people forswear education.

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But now is not the time to forswear cinema-going for the rest of your life.

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What was getting them sufficiently worked up to forswear their beds and showers and sleep out?

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We need not and can not forswear their use.

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We must be careful to forswear the overly common tendency to disregard the baby in the bathwater.

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If liberals unequivocally forswear integration, they argued, more urban investments might be forthcoming.

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Religious leaders, civil society groups and editorial writers have made fervent appeals to political leaders to forswear violence and the hope is that good sense will prevail.

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She demands from him to renounce his to forswear piracy.

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Some of these were well-considered -- restoring the long-form census, forswearing the use of omnibus bills -- others, such as abolishing income-splitting, less so.

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