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词汇 adjure
释义 adjure
verb[ T+ to infinitive ]
 formaluk /əˈdʒʊər/ us /əˈdʒʊr/
to ask or order someone to do something: 要求;命令;嘱咐
The judge adjured him to answer truthfully.法官要求他据实回答。
Synonyms
beseechold use or literary
entreat
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to beg for something or beg someone to do something
begHe begged her to stay, but she wouldn't listen.
imploreI implore you to change your mind.
plead withHe pleaded with the guards to be allowed to see his daughter.
appeal toI appeal to the public to remain calm.
entreatThe banners entreated the government to release the prisoners.
adjureThe gospel adjures us to love one another.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Making appeals & requests
adjuration
appellate
apply for something
apply to
ask a lot
besiege
car wash
cry
demand
entreat
imploringly
importunately
importunity
invite
invocation
leech
pester
push
scrounge
ticket

Examples of adjure


adjure
He has adjured us not to use threats.
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Both major parties—no major party has yet adjured it—have long accepted that two major commitments must be honoured.
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I therefore adjure the authorities to take full advantage of any ambiguities in our favour.
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We are adjured to increase production, and are told, no doubt quite truly, that every day counts.
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In his closing words, he adjured us to remember the burden upon economy.
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He said that this was a forecast, and adjured us to treat that forecast with "the necessary degree of irreverence".
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That is something which he is adjured to disregard.
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I admit that that is sentimental, and we are adjured not to let sentiment enter into the matter.
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We have been adjured in the last few days to cut unnecessary costs.
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I have been adjured not to be controversial, no matter how seriously provoked, in this debate, nor to speak on any controversial issue.
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That is one of the old superstitions all who have followed political science have long since adjured.
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To ask us to adjure the local authorities to do that is to ask us to do something which in many cases would be absurd.
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In these debates one is always adjured not to be carried away by sentiment.
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He kept adjuring us not to be mealymouthed and the like, and to speak out with the utmost frankness.
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We are always being adjured that we must bring our plant and machinery up to date.
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