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by/bai/ prep., adv. & n.●prep. 1 near, beside, in the region of ... 在…旁边；靠近…；在…区域内 stand by the door 站在门口; sit by me 坐在我旁边; path by the river 河边的小路 2 through the agency, means, instrumentality, or causation of 通过…的代理(方式、媒介或起因) by proxy 通过代理人; bought by a millionaire 由一位百万富翁买下; a poem by Donne 多恩写的诗; went by bus 乘公共汽车去; succeeded by persisting 靠持之以恒取得成功; divide four by two 4 除以 2 3 not later than; as soon as 不迟于，在…之前；一…就… by next week 到下周为止; by now 到现在; by the time he arrives 在他到达之前 4a past, beyond 经过，在…范围以外 drove by the church 开车经过教堂; came by us 从我们身边过来 b passing through; via 经过；途经 went by Paris 途经巴黎 5 in the circumstances of 在…情况下 by day 在白天; by daylight 在日光下 6 to the extent of 达到…程度 missed by a foot 只差一英尺; better by far 好得多 7 according to; using as a standard or unit 根据；以…为标准(或单位) judge by appearances 从外表来看; paid by the hour 按小时付费 8 with the succession of 连续地 worse by the minute 在一点一点地变糟; day by day 日复一日; one by one 一个接一个 9 concerning; in respect of 与…有关，就…而言 did our duty by them 我们对他们尽了责任; Smith by name 名叫史密斯; all right by me 我是同意的 10 used in mild oaths 用于发誓 (originally 最初 = as surely as one believes in 可以确信) by God 上帝可以作证; by gum 当着上天; swear by all that is sacred 凭着神圣起誓 11 placed between specified lengths in two directions 位于两个方向的具体长度，之间 three feet by two 3 英尺长 2 英尺宽 12 avoiding, ignoring 避免接触；忽略 pass by him 不理睬他; passed us by 避开我们 13 (esp. in names of compass points) inclining to (尤指罗盘上的指针称谓)倾斜于 north by east between north and north-north-east 北偏东; north-east by north between north-east and north-north-east 东北偏北 ●adv. 1 near 靠近 sat by, watching 坐在旁边观看; lives close by 住在附近 2 aside; in reserve 一旁，一边；保留着 put ￡ 5 by 存下 5 英镑 3 past 经过 they marched by 他们大踏步地经过 ●n. (pl. byes) = BYE1 □ by and by before long; eventually 不久；最终 □ by and large on the whole, everything considered 大体上；总的来说 □ by the by (or bye) incidentally, parenthetically 顺便提一句 □ by oneself 1a unaided 独自地 b without prompting 无需敦促地 2 alone; without company 单独地；没有伴儿地 [Old English bī, bi, be, from Germanic] |