| 单词 | by the 1970s |
| 释义 | Examples:abide by the law —守 • 守分 lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers—成千累万 by the way —顺便说一下 stand by the side of—靠 nephew by the male line—侄 • 堂侄 part of Heilongjiang and the Vladivostok area ruled by the Ming dynasty—奴兒干 report delivered by the head of gov. on affairs of state—咨文 treaty port, forced on Qing China by the 19th century Great Powers—通商口岸 the whole elephant (i.e. not the small parts felt by the proverbial blind feelers)—真象 Hundred Regiments offensive of August-December 1940, a large scale offensive against the Japanese by the communists—百团大战 used instead of reign name by the nationalist government, then by Taiwan—民国 glucocorticosteroid (corticosteroid hormone secreted by the adrenal cortex)—糖皮质激素 Janjaweed (armed Baggara herders used by the Sudanese government against Darfur rebels)—贾夹威德 seal script as unified by the Qin dynasty—秦篆 let sth in by the back door—开后门 fig. by the barrowload (i.e. lots and lots)—车载斗量 cloth (by the yard)—布匹 support by the arm—掖 runaway carriage (caused by the harnessed animal bolting in fright)—惊车 by the time that—及至 (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation)—小子 lead (an animal by the head)—牵头 lit. tune one's zither then play it; fig. to live by the consequences of one's actions—弦而鼓之 extravagant (idiom); throw away money by the handful—大手大脚 cow from Wu is terrified by the moon, mistaking it for the sun—吴牛见月 rectangular frame used view a scene (made out of cardboard etc, or formed by the thumbs and forefingers)—取景框 Mt Wu on the Changjiang River (Yangtze) by the Three Gorges—巫山 a death claimed be a suicide by the authorities—被自杀 grab sb by the queue (i.e. hair)—揪辫子 more flourishing by the day—日盛 fig. handle different things by the same method—头发胡子一把抓 National Treasure (officially designated by the state cultural authorities in China, Japan and Korea)—国宝 assist by the arm—搀 Lord Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979), British commander in Southeast Asia during WWII, presided over the partition of India in 1947, murdered by the IRA.—矇巴顿 rivers pour away by the day (idiom); going from bad worse—江河日下 be corrupted by the ways of the world [idiom.]—沾染世俗 call by the glorified name of [idiom.]—美其名曰 by the time when (sth. is ready etc)—等到 tossed about by the wind and rain [idiom.]—风雨飘摇 by the window (referring seats on a plane etc)—靠窗 • 靠窗户 kill a pig as a lesson to the children (idiom); parents must teach by example—杀彘教子 the Shanghai coup of 12th Mar 1927 by Chiang Kai-shek against the communists—四一二惨案 The Second Sex (book by Simone de Beauvoir)—第二性 haloalkane (obtained from hydrocarbon by substituting halogen for hydrogen, e.g. chlorobenzene or the CFCs)—卤代烃 a person of great moral stature does not remember the offenses committed by one of low moral stature—大人不记小人过 the Strawberry Generation (Taiwanese term, often sarcastic, for those born between 1980 and 1991, well off and influenced by advertising)—草莓族 the family... (when preceded by a family name)—一家 infantile convulsion (illness affecting children esp. under the age of five, marked by muscular spasms)—惊风 break up the whole into pieces (idiom); dealing with things one by one—化整为零 Mt Gangdisê (6656m) in southwest Tibet, revered by Tibetans as the center of the universe—冈底斯山 meetings conducted by rulers in feudal China for the purpose of formalizing alliances, finalizing treaties—会盟 See also:by adv —被 adv • 于 adv • 借由 adv by prep —以 prep the 1970s—七十年代 the 1960s—六十年代 |
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