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

• The bus just shaved me by inches.
  公共汽车从我身边擦过。
• The brick missed me by inches.
  那块砖头差几英寸就打中我了。
• 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。
• The bullet missed him by two inches.
  那子弹差两英寸就打中他了。
• 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！
• She was suffering from malarial fever, and seemed dying by inches.
  她当时正发着一种寒热病，似乎正在慢慢地死去。
• The bullet missed me by two inches.
  子弹只差两英寸就射中我了。
• 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。
• The car missed me by inches. I escaped by the skin of my teeth.
  汽车差一点儿就撞上我了，我幸免于难。
• They escaped death by inches.
  他们差一点死了。