by inches

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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

• We were all shitting bricks as the truck missed the car by inches.
  当卡车差几英寸就撞上轿车时，我们都吓得心惊肉跳。
• But, till then if you don't believe me, you don't know me till then, I would have died by inches before I touched a single hair of his head! '
  可是，不到那时候你要是不相信我，那你是不了解我不到那时候，我宁可寸磔而死，也不会碰他一根头发！
• I would have died by inches before I touched a single hair of his head!
  我宁可寸磔而死，也不会碰他一根头发！
• His shot at the bear missed by inches.
  就差几英寸他就打中那头熊了。
• Using a limited form of precognition, zealots can even predict enemy movements striking, with deadly accuracy and dodging attacks by inches.
  狂热者还会运用他们有限的预知能力判断敌人的移动和攻击，从而给予致命的精确的近距离攻击。
• 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。
• The brick missed me by inches.
  那块砖头差几英寸就打中我了。
• We escaped from the accident by inches.
  我们差点儿就出意外了。
• The bullet missed him by two inches.
  那子弹差两英寸就打中他了。
• 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。