接近；靠近：
the window by the door.
靠近門的窗戶
With the use or help of; through:
借助於；通過：
We came by the back road.
我們從後面的小路而來
Up to and beyond; past:
超過：超出和在前面；超出：
We drove by the house.
我們駛過了這所房屋
In the period of; during:
在…期間；在…中間：
sleeping by day.
在白天睡覺
Not later than:
不遲於：
by 5:30p.m.
不遲於下午 5:30
In the amount of:
以…計的：
letters by the thousands.
數以千計的信件
To the extent of:
達到…程度：
shorter by two inches.
短了兩英寸
According to:
按照，根據：
played by the rules.
按規則比賽
With respect to:
相關，就…來說：
siblings by blood.
嫡系親屬
In the name of:
以…的名義：
swore by the Bible to tell the truth.
對聖經發誓說真話
Through the agency or action of:
被：通過某種行為或動作：
was killed by a bullet.
被子彈擊斃
Used to indicate a succession of specified individuals, groups, or quantities:
壹個壹個地：用於表示壹系列的特定個體、組或數量：
One by one they left. They were persuaded little by little.
他們壹個接壹個地離去了。他們漸漸被說服了
Used in multiplication and division:
乘，除：用於乘法和除法：
Multiply 4 by 6 to get 24.
4乘6得24
Used with measurements:
用於度量：
a room 12 by 18 feet.
12英尺寬，18英尺長的房間
Used to express direction with points of the compass:
用於表示某壹範圍內的方位：
south by southeast.
東南偏南
adv.（副詞）
On hand; nearby:
旁邊：手邊；就近的：
Stand by.
站在旁邊
Aside; away:
壹邊；擱置：
We put it by for later.
我們把它放置壹邊，以後再說
Up to, alongside, and past:
超出，沿著，過去：
The car raced by.
汽車奔馳而過
Into the past:
流逝：
as years go by.
隨著年月流逝