雅思英语常用固定搭配短语词组 by the time
释义:
by the time 等到;到…的时候;在……以前
例句:
By the time he died, he was a millionaire.
到他去世的时候,他已是一位百万富翁。
By the time you get there the meeting will be over.
等你到了那里的时候,会议就该结束了。
By the time we had made landfall the boat looked ten years older!
等到我们登陆时,这艘船看似已老了10年!
Scott was obviously inebriated by the time the dessert was served.
到了上甜点的时候,斯科特显然已经喝醉了。
By the time this gets into print, they'll already have left the country.
这篇东西发表的时候,他们将已经离开这个国家了。
By the time (that) this letter reaches you I will have left the country.
你收到这封信时,我已离开这个国家了。
By the time our officers arrived, the dead and the dying were everywhere.
当我们的警官到达的时候已是遍地尸首和垂死的人。
By the time he was sixteen, Malcolm already knew most of the city's teenage hangouts.
马尔科姆16岁的时候已经知道了城里青少年常去的大多数地方。
By the time I was vice chancellor, the Senate had become a much larger and a much more democratic body.
到我做副校长的那个时候,大学评议会已经成为一个更大、更民主的机构了。
By the time you learn one program, it's outdated.
当你学会一个程序的时候,它已经过时了。
By the time the garage was finished, so was my car.
车库修好的时候,我的车也修好了。
You count such a watch by the time he starts his class.
你总是掐着他开始上课的时间。
Most of the workers had already rung in by the time I arrived.
我到的时候,大多数工人都已签到了。
By the time she left college, she had been an excellent student.
到她大学毕业的时候,她已经是一个优秀的学生了。
By the time she was 13, her company was worth millions of dollars.
到她13岁的时候,她的公司已经价值数百万美元了。
But by the time I was ready for college, it broke my heart to leave.
但当我准备去上大学的时候,一想到要离开这里,我的心都碎了。
By the time they reached the mountaintop, the sleet had changed to fluffy snow.
当他们到达山顶上的时候,雨夹雪已经变成了柔软的雪花。