by name,in name
这一对短语的外貌颇相像,但涵义有别。by name (也可说成 by the name of)是个中性词组,义:“名叫什么”,它放在专有名词之后,以表示你所要说明的人或物的确实名称; in name是贬义词,表示“名义上”、“徒有虚名”之意。例:
The aeronautical engineering institute has built an airplane,“Stingray”by name.
航空学院制造了一架飞机,名叫“刺 ”。
There was a great poet China,Qu Yuan by name.
中国有个伟大的诗人,名叫屈原。
Someone by the name of Mary wants to see yon.
有个叫玛丽的要见您。
He is a doctor in name only;he stays in the stock exchange all day long.
他只是名义上是个医生;他整天在股票交易所里。
请注意by name在下列句中的涵义和用法:
I know him by name.
我听到过他的名字(但和他本人并不相识)。
He mentioned you by name.
他曾提起你的名字。