【问】 The cars are hired by the day.有人译作：“汽车白天出租”。对吗?

【答】 不对。by the day意为“按日(计算)”：

She's paid by the day. (LDCE)

她按日领工资。

你所问的句子的意思：汽车按日出租。

by day才是“(在)白天”的意思：

1. I prefer to travel by day rather than by night. (Wood)

我喜欢白天旅行，而不喜欢夜间旅行。

2. He works in an office by day and drives a taxi by night. (LDCE)

他白天在办公室工作，晚上开出租车。

请做下面的英语试题：

“How did you pay these workers?”“Well，as a rule，they were paid__.”

A. by an hour B. by the hour

C. by hours D.by a hour. (TOEFL，72. 3)