Colleges want good students. But by that, they generally mean high SATs and GPAs.
请问老师,by that在这里怎么理解?
1.
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典(第 9 版)》used before particular nouns without the, to say that sth happens as a result
of sth (置于不带 the 的名词前,表示原因)由于
They met by chance.
他们不期而遇。
I did it by mistake.
我误做了这事。
The coroner's verdict was 'death by misadventure'.
验尸官判定是 “意外致死”。
网友的这句中,that 指“Colleges want good students.” 这件事。
2.也可见:https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/another-word-for/by_that_means.html
这是最基本的解释:
Adverb
(formal)
As a consequence of that
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