abjure
🇬🇧/əbˈdʒʊə(r)/ 🇺🇸/əbˈdʒʊr/If you abjure something such as a belief or way of life, you state publicly that you will give it up or that you reject it. 正式放弃
verb [vt. 及物动词] vt. 发誓放弃；公开放弃；避免
They were compelled to abjure their faith. 他们被迫发誓放弃自己的信仰。
ab(脱离) + jur(发誓) + e → 发誓去掉 → 发誓放弃
(abjure one’s religion 发誓放弃信仰)
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- GEOFF PULLUM really doesn't like people who abjure the passive voice. 杰夫·普勒姆实在不喜欢那些发誓放弃被动语的人。
- ...a formal statement abjuring military action. ...一个宣布撤回军事行动的正式声明。
- We repent, we abjure, we will break from our chain. 我们忏悔，弃绝，要把锁链打破。