by rule按惯例,墨守成规地,刻板块;by degrees逐渐地;by accident偶然,意外地;by request应邀;by good (ill) luck侥幸地(不巧);by mistake弄错;by force用武力;by heart熟记。
如:He does everything by rule.(他总是按照惯例行事。)We can only make progress by degrees.(我们只能循序渐进。)He had a slip of tongue by accident.(他偶然说漏了嘴。)She sang a song by request of the Queen.(她应女王的要求演唱了一首歌。)By ill luck, my flight had been cancelled.(不巧的是,我乘坐的班次被取消了。)The burglar alarm was activated by mistake.(防盗铃误响了。)take power by force(武装夺取权力);learn large numbers of phrases by heart(背诵大量词组)。