01. by force of nature
定义: 自然地, 由大自然力量所造成/促成.
例句: Each of these vulnerable reactor-sites is a potential Fukushima waiting to happen, whether by force of nature, human error, or deliberate malice. (不论是由大自然力量所造成, 人为错误, 或有计划的恶意伤害,这些每个防护力脆弱的反应炉地点都是处于险境的潜在福岛)
02. by George!
定义: [惊叹语]表达惊讶. (注: 轻微的诅咒语, 亵渎语用George来取代God)
例句: I got that dreadful flu around 15 years ago and by George, I couldn't even get out of bed for the loo. (大约十五年前, 我染上了那个可怕的流感; 天啊, 我居然没法起床上厕所)
03. By George, he's got it!
[成语句型]哇, 他听懂啦!
04. by God!
定义: [惊叹语]天啊! 表示惊讶, 激动, 无法相信, 烦扰或烦恼.
例句: By God, that was awesome guitar work, just flawless. (天啊, 那是个精彩绝伦的吉他作品, 简直是完美无缺)
05. by golly!
定义: [惊叹语]表达惊讶. (注: 轻微的诅咒语, 亵渎语用golly来取代God)
例句: By golly! She did it. She made a cherry pie! (天啊! 她做到了. 她烤了一盘樱桃派!)
樱桃派
定义: [惊叹语]表达惊讶. (注: 轻微的诅咒语, 亵渎语用gosh来取代God)
例句: By gosh! This is my first look at Niagara Falls! (天啊! 这是我平生第一次看到了尼加拉大瀑布)
尼加拉大瀑布
07. by guess and by gosh
定义: 凭粗略估计; 草率计划地.
例句: Jane: Did you have a plan for putting up that tool shed? Tom: Nope, we just sort of did it by guess and by gosh. (珍: 你有没有一个建造这个工具房的蓝图? 汤姆: 没有,我们可以说只是凭粗略估计把它造好)
08. by half
定义: 大量地, 极其地, 过份地.
例句: He was too good a cook by half for this small restaurant. (对这家小餐馆来说, 他的烹调手艺远超过需要)
09. by halves
定义:不完全地, 只做一半, 有瑕疵地, 不情愿地, 不热心地.
例句: He did not do things by halves, and so the rundown farm became a beautiful country estate. (他做事情不只做一半, 所以这个破旧荒凉的农场变成了一个美丽的庄园别墅)
10. by hand
定义: 亲手地, 手工做地(不是机器做地).
例句: Wedding invitations were once delivered by hand. If you were a bride back in those days, your footman delivered your invitations to your guests' homes. (婚礼邀请函曾经一度是亲手送交的. 如果你在那时候是个新娘的话, 你的男仆把邀请函送交到宾客家里)
11. by heart
定义: 记在心里, 熟记, 能背诵的.
例句: I know all my friends' telephone numbers by heart. I never have to look in the telephone book. (我把所有朋友的电话号码都熟记在心. 我从来不必查电话簿)
12. by hook or by crook
定义: 千方百计地, 不择手段地.
例句: She says that she will go to Italy this year by hook or by crook. (她说她今年会不择手段地设法去一趟义大利)
13. by inches
定义: 逐渐地, 一点一滴地; 差一点.
例句: They do this by inches. They've been doing it for years; Nixon, Reagan, Bush, Bush again. Every year it seems things get just a little bit worse. (他们一点一滴地做. 他们已经做了许多年了; 尼克松, 雷根, 布什, 又一个布什, 每年情况似乎都变得更恶化一点)
14. by its very nature
定义: 天性上, 在本质上.
例句: A dog, by its very nature, is dependent on humans. (狗类, 在本质上, 是依赖人类而生存的)
15. By Jove!
定义: [惊叹语]表达惊讶或强调的语气. (Jove是Zeus宙斯罗马又称朱庇特Jupiter）
例句: By Jove! We reached our goal. We sold 15,000 tickets! (天啊! 我们完成了我们的目标. 我们卖出一万五千张票了!)
16. by leaps and bounds
定义: 突飞猛进地, 迅速飙升地. (注: 经常用于形容进步的快速)
例句: Since we had that good rain, my tomatoes have grown by leaps and bounds. (自从我们这里下了那场大雨, 我的蕃茄飞跃成长)
17. by means of
定义: 以或使用(某种办法).
例句: They succeeded by means of patience and sacrifice. (他们以耐心与牺牲取得了成功)
18. by mistake
定义: 错误地.
例句: The police broke my house by mistake, but they wouldn't pay to fix. (这些警察错误地破坏了我的房子, 但他们不愿意付钱修复)
19. by nature
定义: 天生, 本质上.
例句: Machu Picchu is by nature mysterious – and it has kept many researchers puzzled for years. (马丘匹丘本质上是个神秘的世界– 它使许多研究员困惑多年)
20. by necessity
定义: 必然需要, 毫无选择, 被迫不得不.
例句: There is not much time to ruminate on the benefits or losses when we are compelled by necessity to fight a war we would not have chosen otherwise. (当我们被迫打一场原本不想要打的战争, 我们没有多少时间再深思熟虑它的得失)