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  1. 表示“在……旁边,从……旁边”,
  • Come over here and stand by me.(过来站在我旁边。)
  • He put it on the table by the window.(他把它放在窗边的那张桌子上。)
  1. 到(某时候)
  • Perhaps she has recovered by now.(现在她或许已经痊愈了。)
  • Just be here by eight.(八点前到这里。)
  1. 由(被)(某人干的),主要用于被动语态,
  • The postman was bitten by the dog.(邮差给狗咬了。)
  • The play was written by a student.(这个剧本是一个学生写的。)
  1. 以(某种方式)
  • We learn to swim by swimming.(我们在游泳中学游泳。)
  • Please let me know by telegram.(请以电报通知我。)
  • Don’t judge a man by his clothes.(不要以衣着判断人。)
  1. 乘坐(车、船等)
  • I came by bus(subway).(我是坐公共汽车(地铁)来的。)
  • We are going by the 9:30 train.(我们坐九点二十的火车去。)
  • I prefer to go by plane(boat).(我宁愿坐飞机(船)去。)
  1. 在(本性、职业)上
  • She is generous by nature.(她天生很慷慨。)
  • He was tolerant by temperament.(他性格很宽容。)
  • I am not an actor by profession.(我不是职业演员。)
  1. 表示程度、尺寸等,
  • Total commodity stocks grew by 4.5 per cent.(商品总库存量增长了百分之四点五。)
  • The room is thirty feet by twenty.(这间房长二十英尺,宽二十英尺。)
  1. 表示根据、按照
  • What time is it by your watch?(你的表几点了?)
  1. 用于被动句中,表示行为主体,常译作“被”“由”等。
  • These trees were planted by us last year.(这些树是我们去年栽的。)
  1. 表示逐个、逐批的意思,
  • Don't read one by one.(不要一个一个地读。)
  1. 和 take,hold 等动词连用,说明接触身体的某一部分
  • I took him by the hand.(我拉住了他的手。)
  1. 表示经过、经由
  • He kept walking and passed by me on his side of the street.(他一直在街对面走着,并与街这边的我交错而过。)
  1. 用于常见短语中
  • by the way(顺便说一下)、by oneself(独自)、little by little(渐渐地)、step by step(逐步地)等。