by inches

英 [baɪ ˈɪntʃɪz]

美 [baɪ ˈɪntʃɪz]

网络  慢慢地; 缓慢地

英英释义

adv

• by a short distance
  1. they moved it by inches
  Synonym:little by littleby small degrees

双语例句

• With dropping of pressure in gas reservoir year by year, power on with pollution of gas zone declined by inches.
  随着气藏压力逐年下降，气层抗污染能力逐渐减弱。
• The bus just shaved me by inches.
  公共汽车从我身边擦过。
• Olivia runs a lathe which cuts semifinished product of metal by inches. Steps were made on the female die surface to make up for the thickness different of the blanks.
  奥利维亚开动一台车床，车床一点一点地切削着金属毛坯。凹模表面和型腔加工了台阶以补偿坯料的厚度差值。
• The bullet missed me by two inches.
  子弹只差两英寸就射中我了。
• Six of the Death Eaters ran toward them: Harry, Ron, and Hermione backed as quickly as possible down the nearest side street, and the Death Eaters missed them by inches.
  六七个食死徒朝他们跑来，哈利、罗恩和赫敏迅速后退，拐进了最后的一条小街，仅差几英寸就被他们撞上了。
• Kami leaned in as if to whisper something and snapped at the Invid's face, missing it by inches.
  卡米身体前倾，好像要在他耳边说点什么，然后朝因维人的脸猛咬过去，结果偏了几英寸。
• The brick missed me by inches.
  那块砖头差几英寸就打中我了。
• Tom had a home run, but the ball went foul by inches. A miss is as good as a mile.
  我们还以为汤姆打了个本垒打，可是差几英寸变成界外球。真是差一点儿也不行啊。
• As a whole, the newly rural special economic cooperative organization grows by inches, such as the limited provision of technology, information, capital, material and products distribution, etc.
  新型农村合作经济组织的发育和成长相当缓慢，在为农民提供技术、信息、资金、物资和产品销售等服务方面发挥的作用有限。
• We escaped from the accident by inches.
  我们差点儿就出意外了。