swear
发誓常见释义
英[sweə(r)]
美[swer]
v.
发誓咒骂诅咒说脏话郑重承诺表示决心要赌咒发誓地说肯定地说(尤指在法庭上)发誓,郑重承诺使起誓(保密)
n.
发誓誓言咒骂骂人话
例句
I swear to God I had nothing to do with it.
我可以对天发誓,这跟我一点关系也没有
curse
诅咒常见释义
英[kɜːs]
美[kɜːrs]
n.
诅咒咒咒语祸根咒骂语骂人话祸端祸水
v.
诅咒咒骂在心里诅咒念咒语诅咒
例句
Legend has it that the whole village had been cursed by a witch.
传说整座村庄遭到了巫婆的诅咒。
swear和curse的区别
swear通常指那些骂街,破口大骂的情况,比较行为化。
curse有时也指破口大骂,但更多是指发自内心的诅咒。情感色彩更加强烈。