swear off

基本解釋

Don't swear off eating anything but boiled gruel just yet.
不過你也不必發(fā)誓再也不吃任何東西，而只是吃些粥。
Not to pretend that we can be the nation builder of the world. Swear off and make sure we don’t torture because you don’t get worthwhile information from torture.
不要再假裝我們能夠在世界各地到處重建別人的國家，關(guān)閉關(guān)塔納摩并保證我們不再虐囚，因?yàn)榭嵝虩o法得到有用的情報(bào)。
India, seeing China as its chief nuclear rival, will refuse to swear off nuclear tests and will go on building up its arsenal; and Pakistan won’t sign up unless India does.
視中國為主要核對(duì)手的印度不但拒絕承諾停止核試驗(yàn)，反而會(huì)變本加厲建造其核武庫；除非印度放棄核武器，否則巴基斯坦也不會(huì)簽字。

Like recovering junkies, some hopelessly addicted collectors have no choice but to swear off their habits forever.
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In nonreferendum states the hacks might be willing to swear off gerrymandering as of a distant future date, like 2030.
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