名 （原由） cause，reason，（姓氏） a surname；动 （经过） pass through，（顺随； 听从） follow，obey；介 （表示起点） from ；

[例句] 他是由海军上将精心挑选出来担任这项工作的。 He was hand-picked for this job by the Admiral.

[例句] 发动机舱里的水由一条软管抽走。 Water in the engine compartment is sucked away by a hose.

freedom，liberty，free，unrestrained，at liberty；

[例句] 政客们贬低了“自由”一词的意义。 Politicians have debased the meaning of the word "freedom"

[例句] 这音乐带给他一种完满和自由的感觉。 The music brought him a feeling of plenitude and freedom.

account，regard，justification，reason，excuse ；

[例句] 他接受采访时阐述了持乐观态度的理由。 In the interview he gave some grounds for optimism.

[例句] 反对理由有两点：太冒险而且太昂贵。 The case against is twofold: too risky and too expensive.

（从发生到现在） origin，derive from ；

[例句] 这座古建筑的由来已经失传了. The origins of this ancient structure are lost in antiquity.

[例句] “那就是你脸上那道伤疤的由来？”贝丝好奇地问道。 "Is that how you got that scar on your face?" Bess asked curiously.

owing to，thanks to，as a result of，due to，in virtue of ；

[例句] 由于害怕和困惑，他当时处于一种混沌状态。 His mind was a haze of fear and confusion.

[例句] 由于约翰逊东窗事发，他们的体育声誉受到了严重损害。 Their sporting reputation has suffered enormously from Johnson's exposure.

via，by way of ；

[例句] 每人可购买的票的限额已经由四张降至两张。 The quota of four tickets per person had been reduced to two.

[例句] 民兵首领已拦阻了该地区经由陆上运送食品的车队。 Militia leaders had halted overland food convoys in the region.

cause，origin，reason ；

[例句] 他熬费苦心地描绘了这次野餐的根由. Laboriously did he describe the genesis of the picnic.

[例句] 大概这就是我和沙子结下不解之缘的根由. That's probably why I have an affinity with sand.

from this，therefrom，thus，thereout ；

[例句] 由此，他不去见希尔德加德便是顺理成章的事了。 From that it followed logically that he would not be meeting Hildegarde.

[例句] 葡萄酒生产过剩及由此造成的市价低迷引起了经济波动。 Overproduction and consequent low market prices for wine caused economic tremors.

[法] thereof，whereby ；

[例句] 新闻自由是神圣不可侵犯的。 Freedom of the press is sacrosanct.

[例句] 我解释说，每个人对于自由是什么都有不同的观点。 I explained that each person has different ideas of what freedom is.

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[例句] 他是由海军上将精心挑选出来担任这项工作的。 He was hand-picked for this job by the Admiral.

[例句] 发动机舱里的水由一条软管抽走。 Water in the engine compartment is sucked away by a hose.

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[例句] 他接受采访时阐述了持乐观态度的理由。 In the interview he gave some grounds for optimism.

[例句] 音乐学院让你有充分的理由任想象力自由驰骋。 A conservatory offers the perfect excuse to let your imagination run riot.

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[例句] 使自由的原则永存. Keep the principles of liberty alive.

[例句] 使自由保持活力的是冲突,而不是绝对的一致. It is conflict and not unquestioning agreement that keeps freedom alive.

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[例句] 我们所有的行星都是由相同的. All our planets condensed out of the same material.

[例句] 化合物: 由相同分子所组成的物质,且分子含有两种或两种以上元素的原子. Compound: Any substance composed of identical molecules consisting of atoms of two or more elements.

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[例句] 皇帝必须意识到我们任由他处置。 The Emperor must realize that he has us at his mercy.

[例句] 格雷丝任由自己的思绪游走。 Grace allowed her mind to wander to other things.

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[例句] 贝内特发起了一场捍卫“道德价值”、反对腐朽堕落的“自由相对论”的战争。 Bennett launched a crusade for "moral values" against decadent "liberal relativism."

[例句] 苏珊心目中的自由就是拥有丰富多彩的生活。 Susan's idea of freedom was to have variety in her life style.

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[例句] 必须由公众来决定. The public must decide.

[例句] 图书馆的经费是由公众捐款提供的. The library was paid for by public subscription.

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[例句] 可用以解释做某事的原因或理由. It can be the explanation that people give for why something is done.

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[例句] 《新约》则由寓言利奇闻趣事构成. In the New Testament are the parables and miracles.

cofree ；

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