by the time的意思|示意
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by the time相关例句
By the time firefighters were called the house was well ablaze.
消防队员接到火警电话时,房子已是一片火海.
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It was too late by the time he got to the authorities.
待他和当局取得联系时为时已晚.
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He had left by the time we reached home.
当我们到家的时候他已经走了.
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By the time the messenger reached him, the damage had been done.
送信人赶到他那儿时, 损失已经造成了.
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You were a total failure if you hadn't married by the time you were about twenty-three.
如果到了23岁左右还没结婚，你就是个彻底的失败者。
柯林斯例句
The storms had abated by the time they rounded Cape Horn.
他们绕过合恩角时，暴风雨已经减弱。
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