adjure
英 [ə'dʒʊə; ə'dʒɔː]
美 [ə'dʒʊr]
- vt. 恳请，恳求；起誓；（以起誓或诅咒等形式）命令
助记提示
1、ad- "to" + jur- "swear" + -e.
2、字面含义为：bind by oath, confirm by oath, add an oath. 引申为：恳请，恳求，起誓，命令。
中文词源
adjure 命令前缀ad-, 去，往。词根jur, 法，起誓。原指要求某人以上帝的名义起誓所述为真。
英文词源
- adjure (v.)
- late 14c., "to bind by oath; to question under oath," from Latin adiurare "confirm by oath, add an oath, to swear to in addition," in Late Latin "to put (someone) to an oath," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + iurare "swear," from ius (genitive iuris) "law" (see jurist). Related: Adjured; adjuring.
双语例句
- 1. I adjure you to tell the truth before this court.
- 我要求你对本庭说实话.
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- 2. I adjure you to spare him.
- 我恳求你饶恕他.
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- 3. I adjure you to speak the truth.
- 你必须对我讲真话.
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- 4. Which to adjure to help it is good to reply?
- 恳请哪位帮忙回答一下好 么 ?
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- 5. I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.
- 我指着神恳求你,不要叫我受苦.
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