phrasal verbphr vPROMISEif someone with a new public job or position is sworn in, they make an officialpromise to do their duty well 使〔某人〕宣誓就职
The new governor will be sworn in next week.
新州长将于下星期宣誓就职。
The jury have not yet been sworn in.
陪审团还没有宣誓就任。
nGrammar
Swear in is usually passive.
Examples from the Corpus
swear in• The case had taken two weeks at the Old Bailey, the first devoted to legalargument before the jury was sworn.• Kelly swore Kennelly in, and he also swore under his breath.• He explained as House met today, better not to swear me in as First Lord of the Treasury until it rose.• Tamayo swears he comes in at 8 a. m. every day just so he can work out.• After they had used swear words once inclass, he argued, they would never use them again.• Those squirrellylizards and the prevalence of mosquitoes were why she swore off camping inHawaii.• Joey Cohen was a kid who took absolutepleasure in swearing and inproving his toughness to himself.• He bought four ponies, all of which Alejandro swore played in the final of last year's Open.