curse ♦︎ swear ♦︎ damn ♦︎ blasphemeThese words all mean to say or think rude things about sb/sth.這些詞均表示咒罵、詛咒、罵髒話。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to curse / swear loudly / quietly / softly / silently / under your breath■curse [intransitive, transitive] to use rude or offensive language; to say rude things to sb or think rude things about sb/sth罵髒話;咒罵;在心裏詛咒◆He hit his head as he stood up and cursed under his breath.他站起來時撞到頭,低聲罵了一句。◆She cursed her bad luck.她罵自己運氣不好。◆He cursed himself for his stupidity.他咒罵自己愚蠢。▸curse
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[countable] ◆He muttered a curse at the other driver.他低聲咒罵對方司機。■swear(swore, sworn) [intransitive] to use rude or offensive language, usually because you are angry(常因生氣)罵髒話,咒罵◆She fell over and swore really loudly.她摔倒了,高聲大罵起來。◆Why did you let him swear at you like that?你爲什麽聽任他那麽罵你?NOTE辨析 Curse or swear?You can curse a person or thing, but swear never takes an object in this meaning. Swear is used much more often than curse in spoken English. * curse的對象可以是人或事物,但表達此義時swear從不帶賓語。swear比curse更常用於口語。■damn dæm (informal, spoken) used when swearing at sb/sth to show that you are angry(表示憤怒)該死,混賬◆Damn you! I'm not going to let you bully me.你這個渾蛋!甭想欺負我。◆Damn this machine! Why won't it work?這該死的機器!爲什麽運行不了?■blaspheme blæsˈfiːm [intransitive, transitive] (ratherformal) to speak about God or the holy things of a particular religion in an offensive way; to swear using the names of God or holy things亵渎(上帝或神明);用上帝或神明之名咒罵◆How dare you blaspheme in front of your own father?你怎麽敢在自己父親面前口出惡言?◆He was accused of blaspheming the prophet.他被指控亵渎先知。▸blasphemy ˈblæsfəmi
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[uncountable, countable] ◆He was accused of blasphemy.他被指控亵渎神明。