perjure
🇬🇧/ˈpɜːdʒə(r)/ 🇺🇸/ˈpɜːrdʒər/If someone perjures themselves in a court of law, they lie, even though they have promised to tell the truth. 作伪证
verb [vt. 及物动词] vt. 作伪证；使发伪誓；使破坏誓言
The man scrupled to perjure himself. 这人发伪誓时迟疑了起来。
per(假地， 错地) ＋ jur(发誓) + e → 虚假地发誓 → 使作伪证， 发假誓
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- I cannot perjure myself to get him off the hook. 我不能为了帮助他脱身而发假誓。
- 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。