perjury
perjury 英 [ˈpɜ:dʒəri] 美 [ˈpɜrdʒəri]
n. 伪证；伪誓；背信弃义
名词复数:perjuries
- Perjury is the act of deliberately lying under oath. A defendant in a murder trial commits perjury when he swears he never met the murder victim before, even though he had a two-year relationship with her.
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- n. 伪证；伪誓；背信弃义
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1. I think there is perjury; people do tell lies in court.
我认为作伪证的情况是有的，人们在法庭上撒谎。
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2. Conley was indicted for perjury and obstruction of justice. At trial he was convicted and sentenced to 34 months in prison.
康利因作伪证和妨碍司法公平的罪名被起诉，经审讯，他被判有罪并处以34个月的监禁。
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3. She appeared, but refused to answer the prosecutor’s questions, fearing that they would charge her with perjury because she wouldn’t lie and tell them what they wanted to hear.
她出场了，但拒绝回答公诉人提出的问题，担心他们会指控她作伪证，因为她不会说谎，不会说出他们想听到的内容。
- perjury (n.) late 14c., "act of swearing to a statement known to be false," via Anglo-French perjurie (late 13c.) and Old French parjurée "perjury, false witness," both from Latin periurium "a false oath," from periurare "swear falsely," from per "away, entirely" (see per) + iurare "to swear" (see jury (n.)). Related: Perjurious.
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