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Abraham makes his servant put his hand under his thigh while swearing to God.
亚伯拉罕让他的仆人把手放在他的大腿下向上帝发誓。
So it seems that light swearing can be useful, even in a relatively formal situation like a lecture.
这样看来，轻微的咒骂似乎是有用的，甚至是在比较正式的场合，如讲座。
“I write poetry”, he once confessed, “because I enjoy it, as one enjoys swimming or swearing, and also because it is my road to freedom and knowledge.
“我写诗，”他坦言道，“那是因为我从中得到乐趣，正如一个人从游泳或对天发誓中得到乐趣一样，并且诗歌是我自己走向自由与求知的路。”

He says more experiments on different kinds of pain are needed to better understand the effect of swearing.
The book is kept by the Library of Congress and has never been used at another swearing-in.
The researchers found a link between swearing and an increased ability to deal with pain.

It's a photo-op, but an informal swearing-in ceremony, and that's taking place actually this afternoon.
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If someone swears, they use language that is considered to be vulgar or offensive, usually because they are angry.
If you swear to do something, you promise in a serious way that you will do it.
If you say that you swear that something is true or that you can swear to it, you are saying very firmly that it is true.
If someone is sworn to secrecy or is sworn to silence, they promise another person that they will not reveal a secret.
&rarrsee also sworn