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外刊例句
- Some abjure the daunting unknowns of action and drown in their tailcoats or beds.
有些人放弃了令人生畏的未知行动，并淹死在他们的燕尾服里或者床上。
——《经济学人》 - He was shooting on 35 mm rather than in large formats; he disdained the tripod, abjured conspicuous lighting.
他用35毫米而非大画幅拍摄；他蔑视三脚架，摒弃显眼的灯光。
——《纽约时报》
基本释义
[verb] solemnly renounce (a belief, cause, or claim)
[动词] 郑重放弃（某个信仰、事业或主张）
深入解读
Abjure 是一个容易与 adjure （恳求、祈求；命令；嘱咐）相混淆的单词。
该词由前缀 ab- （离去）+ jur （发誓）+ e 构成，15世纪初经古法语 abjurer 或者直接由拉丁语 abiurare 进入英语，原指“宣誓放弃异端”，随后泛指“声明放弃、郑重放弃、发誓弃绝”某个信仰、行为、事业、主张、国籍等，常作正式用语使用，意味着一种郑重、坚定且最终的拒绝或放弃，通常是经过宣誓而公开作出的，比如：
- 他们被迫发誓放弃自己的学说。
They were compelled to abjure their doctrine. - 那个酒鬼声明结束放荡的生活。
The wine fiend abjured his life of dissipation.
名著用例
Mr Linton had not only abjured his peevishness (though his spirits seemed still subdued by Catherine's exuberance of vivacity), but he ventured no objection to her taking Isabella with her to Wuthering Heights in the afternoon.
林顿先生不仅不再抱怨（虽然他的情绪看来仍然被凯瑟琳的旺盛的欢乐所压倒），而且居然不反对她带着伊莎贝拉下午一起去呼啸山庄。
出自英国女作家艾米莉·勃朗特（Emily Brontë）的长篇小说《呼啸山庄》（Wuthering Heights）。
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