swear
要点誓う,、証言する、罰当たりな言葉を使う,
意味
- (神などにかけて)誓う,宣誓する
- (宣誓して)(…を)証言する《+to+名(doing)》
- 罰当たりな言葉を使う,(…を)ののしる《+at+名》
- (神などにかけて)…を誓う,誓って言う
- 《話》《swear+that節》…だと断言する,主張する
- (…を)〈人〉に誓わせる,宣誓させる《+名+to+名(doing)》
例文
They won't believe me even if I swear it is true.
私がそれは本当だと誓っても、彼らは私を信じないでしょう。
When I was in England, I used to swear much.
イギリスにいる間、よく毒づいたものだった。
I swear, John. As of today, I quit smoking.
ジョン、私は今日から煙草をやめると誓います。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English sweren, swerien, from Old English swerian (“to swear, take an oath of office”), from Proto-West Germanic *swarjan, from Proto-Germanic *swarjaną (“to speak, swear”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to swear”). Cognate with West Frisian swarre (“to swear”), Saterland Frisian swera (“to swear”), Dutch zweren (“to swear, vow”), Low German swören (“to swear”), sweren, German schwören (“to swear”), Danish sværge, Swedish svära (“to swear”), Icelandic sverja (“to swear”), Russian свара (svara, “quarrel”). Also cognate to Albanian var (“to hang, consider, to depend from”) through Proto-Indo-European. The original sense in all Germanic languages is “to take an oath”.