Perjury
['pɜːdʒ(ə)rɪ] or ['pɝdʒəri]
解釋/意思:
(v.) False swearing.
(v.) At common law, a willfully false statement in a fact material to the issue, made by a witness under oath in a competent judicial proceeding. By statute the penalties of perjury are imposed on the making of willfully false affirmations.
道格拉斯校對
同義詞及近義詞:
n. False swearing.
錄入:丽贝卡
例句/造句/用法:
- It's perjury, you know. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Also the chimney on fire, the parish engine, and perjury on the part of the Beadle. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Not many people are scrupulous about smuggling, when, without perjury, they can find an easy and safe opportunity of doing so. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Why, I don't exactly know about perjury, my dear sir,' replied the little gentleman. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- I raly cannot contain myself,' said Mrs. Cluppins, 'when I think of such perjury. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
希拉里校對