abjure

UK:  [æb'dʒʊə(r)]

US:  [æb'dʒʊr]

第三人称单数：abjures  现在分词：abjuring  过去分词：abjured  

v.

1.发誓弃绝(信仰等);公开放弃(国籍、权利等)

1 . Adrienne Lecouvreur on her deathbed was willing to confess and receive communion, but refused to abjure her profession.
阿德莉娜勒库弗勒临终之时希望忏悔、聆听圣言，但她拒绝发誓放弃她的职业。

2 . So, in a high-stakes, nationally televised debate, Obama might be called upon to defend his pastor and church, or abjure his faith.
因此在一个风险很大的赌注，全国电视直播的辩论，奥巴马也许被要求去为他的牧师和教会辩护，要不就放弃他的信念。

3 . The company was forced to abjure the practice of firing pregnant employees after being sued for discrimination.
这家公司在被控告有歧视行为之后，不得不放弃开除怀孕员工的措施。

4 . He also encouraged satyagrahis to feel empathy for their political opponents and to abjure violence against the British.
他也鼓励非暴力不合作运动者们对政治对手怀有同情心，公开声明不对英国人采取暴力。

5 . Even those who should abjure their errors were condemned, if men, to die by the sword; if women, to be buried alive.
一个基督徒即使放弃了这些“异端”，仍是要被定罪的，男的用刀杀，女的活埋。