adjure
verb /əˈdʒʊə(r)/
/əˈdʒʊr/
(formal)动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they adjure | /əˈdʒʊə(r)/ /əˈdʒʊr/ |
he / she / it adjures | /əˈdʒʊəz/ /əˈdʒʊrz/ |
past simple adjured | /əˈdʒʊəd/ /əˈdʒʊrd/ |
past participle adjured | /əˈdʒʊəd/ /əˈdʒʊrd/ |
-ing form adjuring | /əˈdʒʊərɪŋ/ /əˈdʒʊrɪŋ/ |
- adjure somebody to do something to ask or to order somebody to do something
要求;命令 - He adjured them to tell the truth.
他要求他们讲真话。
词源late Middle English (in the sense ‘put a person on oath’): from Latin adjurare, from ad- ‘to’ + jurare ‘swear’ (from jus, jur- ‘oath’). - He adjured them to tell the truth.