| 单词 | adjuration |
| 释义 | adjuration (once / 13617 pages) n Use the noun adjuration to describe the serious, whole-hearted way you begged your parents to let you have a puppy when you were little. During your adjuration to get that puppy, did you say, "I swear I'll feed it and walk it every day! I swear to clean up after it!"? If so, you were really in tune with the origin of adjuration, the Latin ad- or "to" and jurare, "swear" — in the sense of taking an oath of honesty. Adjuration involves both begging and promising. WORD FAMILYadjuration: adjurations+/adjure: adjuration, adjured, adjures, adjuring USAGE EXAMPLESThere was no pretence of moderation, and, save in the technical adjuration for mercy, no attempt to evade the responsibility. Lea, Henry Charles, A History of The Inquisition of The...(2012) "I would have answered you truly without any adjuration," answered the clergyman. James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford), The Gipsy (Vols I & II)—A Tale(2012) Dæmons, we are told, were accustomed to enter into animals, and these also were expelled by the Christian adjuration. Lecky, William Edward Hartpole, History of European Morals From Aug...(2012) n a solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do something Hyper appeal, entreaty, prayer earnest or urgent request |
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