by word of mouth
英 [baɪ wɜːd ɒv maʊθ]
美 [baɪ wɜːrd əv maʊθ]
网络 口头; 口口相传; 口头的; 口碑遂不胫而走
英英释义
adv
- by spoken rather than written means
- these stories were transmitted by word of mouth
- orally
- I heard it viva voce
双语例句
- I have only heard that I got the job by word of mouth. I am still waiting for written confirmation.
我仅仅是听说我得到了这个职位。我还在等待书面确认。 - He received the news by word of mouth.
他得到的是口头的消息。 - I have informed him by word of mouth.
我已口头通知他了。 - Folklore is oral; that is, it passes by word of mouth from one person to another and from one generation to the next.
说民俗具有口头性，是因为它是经口头的形式从这人到那人，从这一代到下一代传承下来的。 - Legends of the'Dreamtime'are handed down by word of mouth and by totem from generation to generation.
创世记的传说以口头和图腾的形式一代代传下来。 - Declare the past to him by word of mouth she could not; but there was another way.
当面把自己的过去坦诚相告，她做不到，不过还有另外的办法。 - He asked me to deliver a message by word of mouth.
他要我口头传达一条消息。 - That story isn't true, of course; it's an urban legend, circulating by word of mouth since the1970s.
当然，这故事不是真的，这是一个都市传传说，从二十世纪七十年代口口相传至今。 - The story has been passed down by word of mouth.
这个故事是口头流传下来的。 - He declared a much greater willingness to make mean concessions by word of mouth than on paper.
比起书面表达来，他更愿意用口头语言来表达这种使他感觉不好意思的让步。