The truck missed me by inches.

She escaped death by inches when the wall fell down.

墙塌下来,差点把她砸死.

She was suffering from malarial fever, and seemed dying by inches.

她当时正发着一种寒热病, 似乎正在慢慢地死去.

Olivia runs a lathe semifinished product of metal by inches.

奥利维亚开动一台车床,车床一点一点地切削着金属''.'毛坯'. ''.

They escaped death by inches when the house collapsed.

房子塌下来,差点儿把他们砸死.

Evil comes to us by ells and goes away by inches.

罪恶来时,尺进寸退.

Olivia runs a lathe which cuts semifinished product of metal by inches.

奥利维亚开动一台车床,车床一点一点地切削着金属毛坯.

I would have died by inches before I touched a single hair of his head!

我宁可寸磔而死,也不会碰他一根头发!

Some animals adjust themselves to their environment by instinct.

有些动物会本能地适应环境.

Still, they were peasant people, and they hung on to their money by instinct.

尽管如此, 他们总是乡下的农民, 本能地把金钱攥得很紧.

Animals deal only in sensual pleasure and are by instinct impelled to seek it.

动物只有感觉的快乐,本能推动它们去寻求这种快感.

By instinct he catches hold of a small tree with his right claw.

他那只无望的右爪本能地抓住一棵矮树的枝干,一下就抓住不放了.

By instinct the youth raised his staff defensively, exposing the ball of paper streamers.

他吃了一惊,便用他的宝来抵御.

She appeared to know it by instinct.

她似乎凭着本能就认出了它.

Mother hens protect their young by instinct.

母鸡保护小鸡出于本能.

Spiders spin webs and birds build nests by instinct.

蜘蛛结网,鸟筑巢,都是凭本能.

It was as though we were being guided by instinct.

似乎本能在指挥着我们.

Perhaps the helpless, ignorant babies only cry by instinct.

无助无知的婴儿,哭只是他们的本能.

He always knew what time it was, as if by instinct.

他总能知道几点了，仿佛是出于本能。

Men are still led by instinct before they are regulated by knowledge.

人在受知识控制之前,仍旧受本能的支配.

Birds learn to fly by instinct.

鸟儿学飞是出于本能.