perjure
perjure 英 [ˈpɜ:dʒə(r)] 美 [ˈpɜrdʒə(r)]
vt. 作伪证；使发伪誓；使破坏誓言
进行时:perjuring 过去式:perjured 过去分词:perjured 第三人称单数:perjures
- To perjure is to lie after taking an oath in a courtroom to tell the truth. If a witness to a crime deliberately gives false information in front of a judge, they perjure themselves.
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- vt. 作伪证；使发伪誓；使破坏誓言
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1. I cannot perjure myself to get him off the hook.
我不能为了帮助他脱身而发假誓）。
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2. After the first instance, his lawyer had made great efforts, and tried every means to eye on that witness; as expected, this man was incited to perjure in court.
一审结束后，他的律师做了巨大的努力，想方设法盯死那名证人，果然，此人是受人指使出庭作伪证。
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3. She would rather perjure herself than admit to her sins.
她宁愿在法庭上撒谎也不愿承认她的罪行。
- perjure (v.) mid-15c. "swear falsely" (implied in perjured; late 13c. in Anglo-French), from Old French parjurer "to break one's word, renege on a promise" (11c.), from Latin periurare "to swear falsely, break one's oath" (see perjury). Reflexive sense is from 18c.
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