He often works by rule of thumb.

He does everything by rule.

他事事循规蹈矩.

You must measure the length by rule and line.

你必须准确地计量长度.

He works always by rule and line, never by chance or guess.

他一向办事精细, 从不靠运气或凭猜测.

The equipment is delivered to here by sea ( air railway, road ).

这台设备是通过海运 ( 空运、铁路 、 公路 ) 发货到此的.

Please dispatch the TV sets we ordered by sea.

请海运我们订购的电视机.

I'm afraid the cardboard boxes are not strong enough for transport by sea.

我担心这种纸箱,用于远洋运输,不够结实.

Toward morning Revere saw two lights in the tower. The British must be coming by sea!

黎明前,里威尔看到了塔里的两个灯光, 英国人从海上来了!

Some people cannot bear travelling by sea.

有的人坐船受不了.

He sent his heavy boxes by sea.

他将那沉重的箱子海运.

The storm has interrupted all travel by sea.

风暴中断了所有的海上旅行.

Much of the world is covered by sea.

地球的很大一部分都被大海覆盖着.

The goods have been smuggled out by sea.

货物已从海上走私运出去了.

Meantime help can reach the Philippines only by sea.

此刻,救助只能由海上来菲律宾.

Are you going by land or by sea?

你走陆路还是走海路?

Will you travel by sea or by air?

你们乘船去,还是乘飞机去?

We made our way to the coast and thence by sea to France.

我们先到海边,再从那里乘船去法国.

The cargo on board have been damaged by sea water.

船上的货物因水湿而残损.

to travel by sea

海上旅行

Tanks have to be conveyed by ship , taking weeks to arrive.

首先,坦克需要经过好几个星期的海运.

Then they sent the scrolls on horseback or by ship.

然后他们用马或者船去送信.