swear by

英 [sweə(r) baɪ]

美 [swer baɪ]

极其信赖; 对…推崇备至

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 极其信赖;对…推崇备至
  If youswear bysomething, you believe that it can be relied on to have a particular effect.
  1. Many people swear by vitamin C's ability to ward off colds.
     许多人深信维生素C能预防感冒。

双语例句

• Brandishing a cleaver and a knife, and with the body of the victim lying yards away, the man said: We swear by almighty Allah we will never stop fighting you.
  画面中，该男子挥舞着砍刀和匕首，站在距离被害人横躺着的身体几码之外说道：我们以万能真主的名义发誓，我们永远不会放弃与你们的抗争。
• Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
  又不可指着你的头起誓，因为你不能使一根头发变黑变白了。
• Swear by yourself, because you are the person I love and trust.
  以你自己发誓，因为你是我所爱与所信赖的人。
• I swear by Almighty God to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
  我对万能的上帝发誓我要说实话，全部的实话，而且只说实话。
• Flash Develop-I don't use a PC but the developers I talk to who do swear by this editor.
  我不使用PC机，但是与我聊天的其他开发者，很信赖这个编辑器。
• Do not swear at all; Or, if thou wilt, swear by thy gracious self, which is the god of my idolatry, and I'll believe thee.
  不用起誓吧；或者要是你愿意的话，就凭着你优美的自身起誓，那是我所崇拜的偶像，我一定会相信你的。
• I can even swear by heaven that never do I have the intention not to reply when my mind is clear.
  我可以坦然向天发誓，在我清醒的时刻，我绝未存心不回人信。
• I swear by my heart, what I said is100% truth, and my feelings on you is100% true love.
  我用我的真心发誓，我说的100%都是真心话，我对你的感觉也是100%的真爱。
• Still, many of my readers swear by it.
  尽管如此，我的许多读者对它还是非常推崇。
• But swear by that only if you must or don't swear at all.
  但是只在你觉得必须发誓的情况下发誓，否则请不要发任何誓言。