请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 perjure
释义

perjure /pûrˈjər/

transitive verb
  1. To lie under oath to tell the truth, to forswear oneself (reflexive)
  2. To cause to swear falsely
intransitive verb

To swear falsely

noun (Shakespeare)

A perjured person

ORIGIN: OFr parjurer, from L perjūrāre, from per- neg pfx, and jūrāre to swear

perˈjured adjective

  1. Having sworn falsely
  2. (eg of an oath) being sworn falsely

perˈjurer noun

perjurious /-jooˈri-əs/ or perˈjurous adjective (archaic)

Guilty of or involving perjury

perˈjury noun

  1. False swearing
  2. The breaking of an oath
  3. The crime committed by someone who, when giving evidence on oath or affirmation as a witness in a court of justice, gives evidence which he or she knows to be false (law)

随便看

 

英语词典包含305067条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/11/11 0:35:18