by inches

单词by inches

基本解释

na.: 一点一点地
网络: 逐渐地；慢慢地；缓慢地

英汉解释

• 慢慢地

• 逐渐地

• 渐渐

• 寸磔

• 穿过

例句

• We thought John had a home run, but the ball went foul by inches. A miss is as good as a mile.

  我们原以为约翰来了个本垒打，可是打偏了几英寸成了界外球。

• We thought 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。

• 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！

• 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。

• Unable to plan a long period program, time was ever and again spent in waiting information and wasting by inches.

  不能做长期计划，时时都在等消息中度过，浪费着时间。

• You know , that car never slowed down and it just missed me by inches .

  你知道，那车一点也没有慢下来，差一点就撞上了我。

• You can"t let him die by inches like this.

  你不能让他这样慢慢死去。

• News mostly advances by inches and feet, not in great leaps.

  新闻的推动力量总是跬步前行而非一日千里。

• The train missed the boy by inches .

  火车险些撞到了那个男孩。

• The river was rising by inches, threatening us.

  河水渐渐地涨上来了，威胁着我们。