forswear

动词 forswear:

1. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
   同义词：abjure, recant, retract, resile

1. He had forsworn smoking.
   他已经戒烟了。

forswear 也作 fore.swear

v.（动词）
for.swore[fôr-swôr., fôr-swôr.] for.sworn[fôr-swôrn., fôr-swôrn.] for.swear.ing,for.swears
v.tr.（及物动词）

To renounce or repudiate under oath.
放弃，发誓抛弃
To renounce seriously.
坚决放弃
To disavow under oath; deny.
发誓否认；坚决否认
To make (oneself) guilty of perjury.
使犯伪证罪：因发伪誓而有罪
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To swear falsely; commit perjury.
作伪证：发伪誓；作伪证

来源：
Middle English forsweren
中古英语 forsweren
from Old English forswerian
源自 古英语 forswerian
for- [wrongly] * see for-
for- [错误地] *参见 for-
swerian [to swear] * see swear
swerian [发誓] *参见 swear