swear by

基本解释

And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even 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。
Do you swear by any other home remedies for muscle cramps or other running maladies?
你起誓就没有别的家庭药剂治疗肌肉抽筋或其它运行的疾病吗？
Its quality—Japanese carmakers swear by it—still makes it a symbol of the country’s manufacturing prowess.
日产钢铁的品质——日本汽车制造商对其极其信赖——依旧让钢铁业象征着日本制造业的杰出能力。

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《约书亚书》23章7到8节中：,他们的神，你们不可提他的名，不可指着他起誓;,也不可事奉，叩拜，只要照着你们到今日所行的，专靠耶和华你们的神“
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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义宣假誓,她应该敬重上帝的安息日，敬重父母亲的,权威，尽管人们对它是否是上帝权威的延伸是有争议的。
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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.