cursing and swearing
口语中常把 cursing 和 swearing 并列使用，指接连不断的骂人话。
The driver's cursing and swearing frightened the children in the back seat.
司机连声咒骂，把后座的孩子吓坏了。
咒骂；诅咒
诅咒的行为
诅咒的行为
The act of one who curses.
His constant cursing during the game annoyed the other players.
他在比赛中不停地咒骂，惹恼了其他选手。
用法提示：句中cursing作为名词，表示‘咒骂’这一行为。
The old woman muttered a cursing under her breath as she walked away.
老妇人走开时低声嘀咕了一句咒语。
用法提示：句中cursing作为名词，指‘诅咒’或‘咒语’。
Cursing is not allowed in this classroom.
这间教室里不允许说脏话。
用法提示：句中cursing作为名词，表示‘说脏话的行为’。
口语中常把 cursing 和 swearing 并列使用，指接连不断的骂人话。
The driver's cursing and swearing frightened the children in the back seat.
司机连声咒骂，把后座的孩子吓坏了。
cursing 作不可数名词时，可用 a burst of、a stream of 等量词短语表示“一阵、一连串的咒骂”。
A burst of cursing came from the kitchen when the pot boiled over.
锅里的东西溢出来时，厨房里传来一阵咒骂声。
表示“对某人或某物的诅咒行为”时，用 of 引出被诅咒的对象。
The old legend tells of the cursing of the river god.
这个古老的传说讲的是对河神的诅咒。
be met with cursing 意为“遭到咒骂”，常用于描述某种言行引起的反应。
His suggestion was met with cursing from the whole crowd.
他的建议招来了全场人的咒骂。
grammar · medium
易错句子Cursing others are rude.
正确表达Cursing others is rude.
动名词短语作主语时，谓语动词要用单数：Cursing others 表示一个整体行为，视为单数，所以用 is。汉语没有主谓一致，学习者容易受后面复数 others 影响而误用 are。
grammar · medium
易错句子He cursing at the driver.
正确表达He was cursing at the driver.
英语的现在分词不能单独作谓语，必须与 be 动词一起构成进行时；汉语动词没有形态变化，学习者常漏掉 was。补上 was 后句子才合乎语法。
grammar · medium
易错句子She kept cursing to the noisy neighbors.
正确表达She kept cursing at the noisy neighbors.
表示“对着某人咒骂”时，curse 后用介词 at 引出被咒骂的对象；to 表示话语的接收者（如 say to），不用于此义，所以 cursing to 应改为 cursing at。
cussing 是美式口语，多指随口爆粗、说脏话，语气较轻、偏日常；cursing 更正式，常指带着恶意的咒骂，也可指巫术上的诅咒。英式口语里更常说 swearing。
作“说脏话”解时与 cursing 意思接近，但 swearing 还常指郑重发誓、宣誓，且英式英语更常用；cursing 更强调恶意诅咒或咒骂的言语行为。两者在“爆粗口”这一层可以互换，但涉及发誓时只能用 swearing。
拼写与 cursing 相近（同为 curs- 开头），容易看错，但 cursory 是形容词，表示“走马观花式的、敷衍的”，与“咒骂”毫无关系；它修饰的是查看、检查等动作。
curse（词根，作动词或名词）
curse + -ed
curse + -er
curse + -ed + -ly
curse + word（复合词）
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