swear by

基本解釋

And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black.
又不可指著你的頭起誓，因為你不能使一根頭發(fā)變黑變白了。
Do you swear by any other home remedies for muscle cramps or other running maladies?
你起誓就沒有別的家庭藥劑治療肌肉抽筋或其它運行的疾病嗎？
Its quality—Japanese carmakers swear by it—still makes it a symbol of the country’s manufacturing prowess.
日產(chǎn)鋼鐵的品質(zhì)——日本汽車制造商對其極其信賴——依舊讓鋼鐵業(yè)象征著日本制造業(yè)的杰出能力。

So in Joshua 23:7-8: ; "Do not utter the names of their gods or swear by them; do not serve them or bow down to them, but hold fast to the Lord your God as you have done this day."
在《約書亞書》23章7到8節(jié)中：,他們的神，你們不可提他的名，不可指著他起誓;,也不可事奉，叩拜，只要照著你們到今日所行的，?？恳腿A你們的神“
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She may not use God's name in a false oath, to attest to or swear by a false oath. She is to honor God's Sabbath day, and honor parental authority, which is arguably an extension of God's authority.
她不可以以上帝的名義宣假誓,她應(yīng)該敬重上帝的安息日，敬重父母親的,權(quán)威，盡管人們對它是否是上帝權(quán)威的延伸是有爭議的。
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Fevicol since then has become synonymous with glue and Indian carpenters swear by it.
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Some swear by the original cast of Saturday Night Live, yet I favor the Eddie Murphy years.
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If you swear by something, you believe that it can be relied on to have a particular effect.