hard swearing 中文意思是什麼

hard swearing 解釋
〈委婉語〉賭咒發誓〈指道貌岸然地作偽證〉。

  • hard : adj 1 硬的,堅固的 (opp soft)。2 (身體)結實的;(組織等)健全的。3 (問題、工作等)困難的,費...
  1. Thrown out of his honourable employment in england, through too much unsuccessful hard swearing there - not because he was not wanted there : our english reasons for vaunting our superiority to secrecy and spies are of very modern date - he knew that he had crossed the channel, and accepted service in france : first, as a tempter and an eavesdropper among his own countrymen there : gradually, as a tempter and an eavesdropper among the natives

    他在英國丟掉了那份體面的差使是因為多次咬著牙作偽證失敗,而不是因為那兒不需要偽證。我們英國人誇耀自己鄙視干涉隱私和密探行當的種種根據,其實是新近才出現的。巴薩心裏明白,他跨過海峽到法國來當差,起初是在自己的僑胞之間做套誘和竊聽的工作,后來逐漸干到法國人當中去了。
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