英语词汇“swear off”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

†1. To resign one's office. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > withdrawing from or vacating office > vacate office [verb (intransitive)]

resign1395

recede1452

retirec1598

to take, lay down, resign the fascesa1625

to go out1642

to sing one's nunc dimittis1642

to make one's bowa1656

to lay down1682

to swear off1698

vacate1812

to send in one's papers1872

to step down1890

to stand down1926

society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (intransitive)] > vacate an office or position > resign

resign1395

resignate1531

to go out1642

to lay down1682

to swear off1698

to turn up1819

to pull the pin1860

to send in one's papers1872

to step down1890

to snatch it or one's time1941

1698 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) IV. 414 This day Mr. Howard, wine cowper, was chose sherif of London, in room of Mr. Moor that swore off.

2. To get rid of or pass off on somebody with an oath or asseveration.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > relinquishing > relinquish or give up [verb (transitive)] > hand over to another > get rid of by handing over

shift1634

to swear off1740

1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. i. 14 They..make nothing of turning any common Cart-Horse to the Road,..and swear him off to their best Friend for an excellent Hunter.

1853 H. B. Stowe Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin 91/2 Well, after all, I suppose, Mr. Legree, you wouldn't have any objections to swarin' off?

1922 ‘M. Twain’ in Harper's Mag. Mar. 457/1 I..swore off my taxes like the most conscienceless of the lot.

3. To abjure something, esp. intoxicating drink (cf. to swear off —— at Phrasal verbs 1). More recently, with object expressed. Chiefly U.S.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > relinquishing > relinquish or give up [verb (transitive)] > renounce > something naturally attractive

forgoa1175

refusea1450

to swear off1839

the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] > abandon, renounce, or refuse to acknowledge

shrivec1374

disavowc1400

reject1426

renouncec1450

disvow1502

disavouch1583

disclaim1585

to throw (also cast, fling, etc.) overboard1588

disacknowledge1598

forjure1601

disknow1606

disvoucha1616

to swear off1839

to throw down1895

to go into the discard1898

ditch1921

cancel1990

1839 Spirit of Times 16 Nov. 434/1 Like swearing off from liquor and going into a grog-shop.

1877 J. Habberton Jericho Road vi. 64 I'd told the fellers..that I was goin' to swear off, so I was ashamed to go there and drink.

1896 Spectator 15 Feb. 235 Just as a man who has ‘sworn off,’ for a long time, loses the desire for drink.

1960 R. St. John Foreign Correspondent v. 88 He became a newspaper reporter and swore off personal involvement in politics, at least for the time.

单词	swear off
释义	> as lemmas to swear off —— to swear off —— To abjure, forswear, renounce. (Cf. to swear off 3 at Phrasal verbs 2) colloquial or slang. ΚΠ 1898 A. F. Leach Beverley Act Bk. I. 315 Ingelram keeps a concubine... Confesses and swears off her. extracted from swearv. to swear off to swear off †1. To resign one's office. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > withdrawing from or vacating office > vacate office [verb (intransitive)] resign1395 recede1452 retirec1598 to take, lay down, resign the fascesa1625 to go out1642 to sing one's nunc dimittis1642 to make one's bowa1656 to lay down1682 to swear off1698 vacate1812 to send in one's papers1872 to step down1890 to stand down1926 society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (intransitive)] > vacate an office or position > resign resign1395 resignate1531 to go out1642 to lay down1682 to swear off1698 to turn up1819 to pull the pin1860 to send in one's papers1872 to step down1890 to snatch it or one's time1941 1698 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) IV. 414 This day Mr. Howard, wine cowper, was chose sherif of London, in room of Mr. Moor that swore off. 2. To get rid of or pass off on somebody with an oath or asseveration. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > relinquish or give up [verb (transitive)] > hand over to another > get rid of by handing over shift1634 to swear off1740 1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. i. 14 They..make nothing of turning any common Cart-Horse to the Road,..and swear him off to their best Friend for an excellent Hunter. 1853 H. B. Stowe Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin 91/2 Well, after all, I suppose, Mr. Legree, you wouldn't have any objections to swarin' off? 1922 ‘M. Twain’ in Harper's Mag. Mar. 457/1 I..swore off my taxes like the most conscienceless of the lot. 3. To abjure something, esp. intoxicating drink (cf. to swear off —— at Phrasal verbs 1). More recently, with object expressed. Chiefly U.S. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > relinquish or give up [verb (transitive)] > renounce > something naturally attractive forgoa1175 refusea1450 to swear off1839 the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] > abandon, renounce, or refuse to acknowledge shrivec1374 disavowc1400 reject1426 renouncec1450 disvow1502 disavouch1583 disclaim1585 to throw (also cast, fling, etc.) overboard1588 disacknowledge1598 forjure1601 disknow1606 disvoucha1616 to swear off1839 to throw down1895 to go into the discard1898 ditch1921 cancel1990 1839 Spirit of Times 16 Nov. 434/1 Like swearing off from liquor and going into a grog-shop. 1877 J. Habberton Jericho Road vi. 64 I'd told the fellers..that I was goin' to swear off, so I was ashamed to go there and drink. 1896 Spectator 15 Feb. 235 Just as a man who has ‘sworn off,’ for a long time, loses the desire for drink. 1960 R. St. John Foreign Correspondent v. 88 He became a newspaper reporter and swore off personal involvement in politics, at least for the time. extracted from swearv. < as lemmas
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