| 词汇 | swear by something |
| 释义 | swear by somethingswear by something phrasal verbphr v informal EFFECTIVEto have great confidence in how good or effective something is 极其信赖 He swears by vitamin C pills. 他很相信维生素 C 片的效用。 Examples from the Corpus swear by • The mother-goddess swore by a necklace of blue stones.• A: Some cooks say that basting does nothing to ensure moist meat; others swear by it.• There is no medical proof that taking Vitamin B6 helps, but some of his patients swear by it.• Other friends swore by Jenny Craig because it was so convenient.• The parson would swear by Jupiter to show he's a public school man but these old women would have him.• The Proconsul offers him a last-minute reprieve, however, if he will repent and swear by the genius of Caesar.• At the Morse School, principal James Coady and his teachers swear by the results.• Some swear by the techniques of Life Cycle Assessment, whilst others see it as a crude substitute for sound judgment. → swear by something at swear(3) |
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