125. by

- 방법을 나타낼 때

send something by mail, contant somebody by phone / by e-mail / by fax
do something by hand, pay by check / by credit card

예문

  • Can I pay by credit card?
  • You can contact by phone, by fax, or by e-mail

그러나 현금으로 지불할 때는 pay cash / pay in cash 라고 한다.( by cash )

by mistake / by accident / by chance: 실수로, 우연히

  • We hadn't arranged to meet. We met by chance.

그러나 의도적으로 뭔가를 할 때는 do something on purpose 라고 한다.

  • I didn't do it on purpose. It was and accident

주의: by chance, by check 등의 표현에는 a / the 없이 사용한다.

- 교통수단을 나타 낼 때

by car / by train / by plane / by boat / by ship / by bus / by bike / by road / by rail / by air / by sea / by subway

예문

  • Daewon usually goes to work by bus.
  • Do you prefer to travel by plane or by train?

그러나 걸어서 간다고 할 때는 on foot 이라고 한다.

예문

  • Did you come here by car or on foot?

my car / the train / a taxi 등에는 by를 쓸 수 없다. by + 명사에는 a / the / my 등을 쓰지 않는다. by car 그러나 in my car( by my car ) by train 그러나 on the train( by the train )

승용차, 택시에는 in 사용

  • They didn't come in their car. They came in a taxi.

자전거, 대중교통에는 on 사용

  • We came on the 6:45 train.

- ( 수동태에서 ) by 사람 / 사물: ...에 의하여

예문

  • Have you ever been bitten by a dog?
  • The program was watched by million of people.

by vs. with

  • The door must have been opened with a key.( by a key )
    ( 누군가 열쇠를 사용하여 문을 열었음)
  • The door must have been opened by somebody with a key.
    ( 열쇠를 가진 어떤 사람에 의해 문이 열렸음 )

a play by Shakespeare / a painting by Rembranddt / a novel by Tolstoy

예문

  • Have you read anything by Ernest Hemingway?

- 옆에라는 의미( = next to / beside )

예문

  • Come and sit by me.( = beside me )
  • A: Where is the light switch?
    B: By the door.

- 차이를 나타낼 때

TIP

  • Daewon's salary has just gone up from $3,000 a month to $3,300. So it has increased by $300 / by 10 percent
    ( 월급이 300달러 / 10 퍼센트 인상되었음 )
  • Minsu and Soonghoon ran a 100 meter race. Soonghoon won by about ten meters.( 숭훈이가 약 10미터의 차이로 이겼음 )