大学英语词汇短语释义解析及例句 by


释义：

by prep. 由，被；通过，凭借……；相差；在……旁边；到……之前；抓着（身体或东西某个部位）；按照，依据；以……计；在……期间；在（某处）短暂停留；乘以，除以；以……名义（发誓）；就（本性、职业或出身）而言
adv. 经过

例句：



The weeks crawled by.

几个星期慢慢地过去了。



8 is divisible by 2 and 4, but not by 3.

8可被2和4除尽，但不能被3除尽。



The dance is accompanied by an original score by Henry Torgue.

舞蹈由亨利·托尔格的一支原创配乐作搭配。



The moral characters of men are formed not by heredity but by environment.

人的品德不是由遗传而是由环境形成的。



Fortunately, volunteers are not motivated by self-interest, but by altruism.

幸运的是，志愿者们不是被自身利益而是被利他主义推动。



He's obsessed by computers.

他迷上了电脑。



The troops are standing by.

部队随时待命出动。



They dined by candlelight.

他们在烛光下进餐。



Unemployment rose (by) 3%.

失业人数增长了3%。



It works by electricity.

这是电动的。



They sleep by day and hunt by night.

他们白天睡觉，夜晚捕猎。



It's quicker by train.

坐火车比较快一些。



She lives by herself.

她独自一人生活。



He's German by birth.

他是德国血统的。



They met by chance.

他们不期而遇。



Who's that book by?

谁是那本书的作者？



He's over by there.

他在那儿。



By and by she met an old man with a beard.

她不久就碰到了一个大胡子老头。



I live by myself.

我自己一个人生活。



He was a loner by nature and by inclination.

他天性不喜交际，且自己也无意于此。



We came by tube.

我们乘地铁来的。



Nocturnal animals sleep by day and hunt by night.

夜间活动的动物白天睡觉晚上猎食。



By the 1920s, he was lionized by literary New York.

20世纪20年代前，他被纽约文学界所吹捧。



By night, the perimeter wire was illumined by lights.

夜晚，周遭的铁丝网都被灯光照亮。



He was a printer by trade and naturalist by avocation.

他在印刷厂工作，同时是个博物学爱好者。



The Mafia is by no means ignored by Italian television.

黑手党是意大利电视绝不会放过的关注对象。



A cheque presented by Mr Jackson was returned by the bank.

银行退回了杰克逊先生提交的支票。