- 宣(誓)：
to swear an oath of office to the President
宣誓就职总统事宜
- 发(誓)，起(誓)：
to swear an oath on a Bible
手按《圣经》发誓
- 起誓保证；立誓要做(或遵守)：
I swear I will faithfully execute my office and my motherland.
我发誓我将忠于我的职守和我的祖国。
to swear to fight against corruption
立誓同腐败做斗争
- 发誓表示，起誓说；发誓证明：
He swore that he was not the man who had killed off the red deer.
他发誓说他不是那个杀死那只赤鹿的人。
He swore it on the witness stand.
他发誓他定会出庭作证。
- [口语]肯定地说，保证：
She swore she saw him putting the helicopter down in a corn-field.
她肯定地说她看到他把那架直升飞机降落到了玉米地里。
He swore he didn't take your pen.
他保证他没动你的钢笔。
- 使宣誓，命…宣誓，以誓言约束：
She swore me not to tell anybody about my secret.
她向我发誓不把我的秘密告诉任何人。
- 诅咒得使，咒骂得使：
He swore himself horse.
他骂人骂得口干舌燥。
- [废语]对(神)起誓