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number ( s ), by ~: by ~ s--718 这两个短语混淆不得: by number 作“依次排列”讲,是一般用语; by numbers 则作“优势兵力”讲,相当于 by forces of numbers 的意思,是句军事用语(注:美国英语多半说 by the numbers )。 例如: The hotel assistant knows all the rooms in the building by number. 这个旅馆服务员知道这幢楼房中每个房间的编号。 Our troops won by numbers. 我军以优势兵力获胜。
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