They were compelled to abjure their faith.

他们被迫发誓放弃自己的信仰。

We repent, we abjure, we will break from our chain.

我们忏悔，弃绝，要把锁链打破。

GEOFF PULLUM really doesn't like people who abjure the passive voice.

杰夫·普勒姆实在不喜欢那些发誓放弃被动语的人。

To realize this goal, in two ways, all artists had to abjure their isolation from the society.

为了实现这个目标，所有的艺术家都必须在两个方面上放弃他们的脱离社会状态。

Adrienne Lecouvreur on her deathbed was willing to confess and receive communion, but refused to abjure her profession.

阿德莉娜勒库弗勒临终之时希望忏悔、聆听圣言，但她拒绝发誓放弃她的职业。

She was willing to select, modify and incorporate alien eccentricities into her worship; but to abjure her own faith - never!

她愿意有选择的，有变通的或者吸收外来的异教到她的信仰里来；但是让她放弃自己的信仰——门都没有。

So, in a high-stakes, nationally televised debate, Obama might be called upon to defend his pastor and church, or abjure his faith.

因此在一个风险很大的赌注，全国电视直播的辩论，奥巴马也许被要求去为他的牧师和教会辩护，要不就放弃他的信念。