老外最常用的英文短语 第133期:go by

 释义：

go by 时间流逝，某人经过，路过，使……流逝

表示“经过某人的身旁”，与 as¹ time goes by 表示的含义相近。另外，像 stop (drop) by 一样，有“暂时经过某处”或“以某某之名闻名”的含义。

例句：

Nine months go by fast.

九个月过得很快。

I worked ten hours today. I'll go by tomorrow.

我今天工作了十个小时，明天会过去一趟。

You used² to go the name of "Sam".

你之前一直被叫做“山姆”。

对话：

A: Wow, it seems³ like summer just started.

哎，貌似夏天才刚刚开始。

B: Now it's autumn. It went by fast.

都到秋天了，时间过得真快。

1 as   

conj.按照；如同

参考例句：

• He got work in a hotel as a waiter.他在一家旅馆找到了当服务生的工作。
• In the hotel,the old men were drinking away as usual.在旅馆里，这些老人和往常一样喝个不停。

2 used   

adj.用旧了的，旧的；习惯于…；过去惯/经常

参考例句：

• I used to work until nearly 6:00 o'clock each day.我过去常常工作到6:00左右。
• He used to walk anywhere from two to five miles an hour.他过去经常一小时走二至五英里。

3 seems   

v.好像，仿佛( seem的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• She seems to feel ambivalent about her new job. 她似乎对新工作忧喜参半。
• Her return to the team now seems a certainty. 她的归队现在似乎已成定局。