| 词组 | go by |
| 释义 | go by 1. go by if time goes by, it passes: ▪ Twenty years had gone by since I last saw him. ▪ As time went by, our fears for her safety increased. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑pass bygone adj always before noun especially literary used to describe a period of time as one that existed a long time ago: ▪ The beautiful old buildings reminded me of a bygone age. 2. go by to move past you, especially when you are not moving: ▪ I sat down at an open-air cafe, and watched the people going by. ▪ Several number nine buses went by, one after the other. 3. go by sth AmE to stop at a place for a short time, usually to get something: ▪ We have to go by the store on the way home to get something for dinner. ▪ "Where were you?" "I just went by Jason's to pick up my jacket." ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑stop by, ↑drop by informal 4. go by sth to use a particular thing when you are making a judgement or when deciding what you should do: ▪ You can't go by that old map. It's completely out of date. ▪ I know she looks very attractive, but you shouldn't only go by appearances. if sth's anything to go by (=used when saying that something is likely to be true, because something else is true) ▪ It should be a great movie, if Kubrick's other work is anything to go by. 5. go by sth to obey the rules of something: ▪ There was one point in the game when he certainly wasn't going by the rules. go by the book (=be very careful to obey all the rules exactly) ▪ There is a fixed procedure for making a complaint, and we prefer it if you go by the book. 6. let sth go by to deliberately ignore or forget about someone's remarks or actions, instead of getting upset about them or reacting angrily: ▪ You have to try and remember the nice things people say, and let the others go by. ▪ "I'll let it go by this time," the teacher said, "but I don't want it to happen again." ■ SIMILAR TO: ignore, overlook |
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