喜樂美語

核心畫面

You can picture 'by' as standing right next to something — touching its side. From that 'right beside it' picture grows the path that runs past it, the agent that stands behind an action, and the deadline you must reach before.

可以想成 by 的核心畫面比較像「貼著某個東西的旁邊」——你就站在它身側，近到幾乎碰得到。從這個「緊靠在旁」的位置，…更多收起可以想成 by 的核心畫面比較像「貼著某個東西的旁邊」——你就站在它身側，近到幾乎碰得到。從這個「緊靠在旁」的位置，延伸出「沿著它經過」的路徑、「就是這個人在背後做了這件事」的施事者，以及「在這條時間線之前」的期限。

原始詞典資料33 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

BYname詞源 1

  • 1

    rail-transportrailwaystransportThe station code of Byculla railway station in India.

byprep/baɪ/

  • 1

    Near or next to.

    • The mailbox is by the bus stop.
  • 2

    From one side of something to the other, passing close by; past.

    • The stream runs by our back door.
    • He ran straight by me.
  • 3

    Not later than (the given time); not later than the end of (the given time interval); before.

    • Be back by ten o'clock!
    • We'll find someone by the end of March.
  • 4

    After a given amount of time has elapsed or a given event has occurred.

    • By February, we were all sick of the cold.
    • By the time I realized I had left my phone at home, I was already two blocks from work.
  • 5

    Indicates the person or thing that does or causes something: Through the action or presence of.

    • The matter was decided by the chairman.
    • The boat was swamped by the water.
  • 6

    Indicates the person or thing that does or causes something: Through the action or presence of.

    • There was a call by the unions for a 30% pay rise.
  • 7

    Indicates the person or thing that does or causes something: Through the action or presence of.

    • I was aghast by what I saw.
    • In other directions the fields and sky were so much of one colour by the snow that it was difficult in a hasty glance to tell whereabouts the horizon occurred […].
  • 8

    Indicates the creator of a work: Existing through the authorship etc. of.

    • There are many well-known plays by William Shakespeare
另外 14 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    Indicates a means of achieving something: Involving/using the means of.

    • I'd know you anywhere by your gravelly voice.
    • I avoided the guards by moving only when they weren't looking.
  • 10

    Indicates an authority according to which something is done.

    • By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife.
    • I live by my own code of ethics.
  • 11

    Indicates an authority according to which something is done.

    • By Jove! I think she's got it!
    • By all that is holy, I'll put an end to this.
  • 12

    Indicates a means of classification or organisation.

    • I sorted the items by category.
    • Table 1 shows details of our employees broken down by sex and age.
  • 13

    Indicates the amount of change, difference or discrepancy

    • Our stock is up by ten percent.
    • We won by six goals to three.
  • 14

    In the formulae X by X and by Xs, indicates a steady progression, one X after another.

    • We went through the book page by page.
    • We crawled forward by inches.
  • 15

    [with the] Acted on in units of the specified size or measure. (Sometimes hyperbolically)

    • sold by the yard; cheaper if bought by the gross
    • While sitting listening to the radio by the hour, she can drink brandy by the bucketful!
  • 16

    Per; with or in proportion to each.

    • His health was deteriorating by the day.
    • The pickers are paid by the fortnight by the American bushel.
  • 17

    Indicates a referenced source: According to.

    • He cheated by his own admission.
    • By my reckoning, we should be nearly there.
  • 18

    Used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something.

    • It is easy to invert a 2-by-2 matrix.
    • The room was about 4 foot by 6 foot.
  • 19

    mathematicssciencesMultiplied by or (chiefly South Asia) divided by.

  • 20

    Designates a horse's sire (“male parent”).

    • She's a lovely little filly, by Big Lad, out of Damsel in Distress.
  • 21

    At; with; among.

    • Are you eating by Rabbi Fischer? (at the house of)
    • By Chabad, it's different.
  • 22

    nauticaltransportIn a windward direction, sailing near to the direction from which the wind is blowing.

byadv/baɪ/

  • 1

    Along a path which runs past someone or something.

    • I watched the parade as it passed by.
  • 2

    In the vicinity, near.

    • There was a shepherd close by.
    • [The helmsman] steered with no end of a swagger while you were by; but if he lost sight of you, he became instantly the prey of an abject funk […]
  • 3

    To or at a place, as a residence or place of business.

    • I'll stop by on my way home from work.
    • We're right near the lifeguard station. Come by before you leave.
  • 4

    Aside, away.

    • The women spent much time after harvest putting jams by for winter and spring.
  • 5

    Beyond or past a certain point.

    • I'll somehow manage to get by.

byadj/baɪ/

  • 1

    Out of the way, off to one side.

    • a by path; a by room
  • 2

    Subsidiary, incidental.

    • by catch; a by issue

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。