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by : from — 187 表达判断,要用前者这个介词来引导(参见词目 186 、 188 、 189 、 190 、 191 和 192 );表达推理,要用后者这个介词来引导。 比较:“ How do you know that guy is mad? ”—“ By his speech and demeanour. ”“你咋会知道那个家伙发疯了?——“凭他的言行来判断。”(回答由 how 提问的疑问句) “ Why do you think that guy is mad? ”—“ From his speech and demeanour. ”“为什么你认为那个家伙发疯了?”——“从他的言行能看出来。”(回答由 why 提问的疑问句) To judge by his speech and demeanour, he was not an ordi-nary man. 凭他的谈吐和举止来判断,他不是一个庸碌之辈。(比较果断) Judging from his speech and demeanour, he can not be an or-dinary man. 从他的谈吐和举止来判断,他不致于是个庸碌之辈。(比较随便)
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