Great honor, praise, or distinction accorded by common consent; renown.

By common consent he will be the new manager of the company.

大家一致同意由他出任公司经理.

He was the most capable person in our group by common consent.

大家公认他是我们小组中最能干的人.

Fred was chosen as the team leader by common consent.

大家一致选择弗莱德作组长.

She was chosen as leader by common consent, ie everyone agreed to the choice.

她是经一致同意而当选为领导人的。

The game was called off by common consent.

比赛经大家同意而取消.

Mr. Healey's speech was, by common consent , a good one.

希利先生的讲话受到了异口同声的好评.

By common consent their talk avoided the reason for their being there at all.

双方达成共识，他们的谈话对他们去那儿的原因完全避而不谈。

Shakespeare is, by common consent, the greatest English dramatist.

莎士比亚被公认是英国最伟大的剧作家.

By comparison with that existing today, all the tyrannies of the past were half-hearted and inefficient.

与今天的暴政相比, 以前的所有暴政都不够彻底,软弱无能.

A snail by comparison is supersonic.

相形之下,蜗牛的爬行倒可说是超音速的了.

The old car suffers by comparison.

旧汽车相形见绌.

But Hawthorne , by comparison , worked in the dark.

可是霍桑相形之下是默默无闻地工作的.

He looks older by comparison.

比较起来,他显得老些.

By comparison, their own shallow life, their stagnant days, were becoming unbearable.

相比之下, 她们自己浮浅的生活和一潭死水般的日子倒变得难以忍受了.

She made all European progress seem sluggish and tentative by comparison.

它使欧洲的一切进步相形之下显得是缓慢的和暂时的.

We can only tell good from bad by comparison.

我们可以通过比较来分辨好坏。

She made all European progress seem sluggish by comparison.

她使得欧洲的一切进步相比之下显得十分缓慢.

He puffed the new system by showing how badly his existing system performed by comparison.

他通过比较，展示了当前的系统运行得如何不好，以此来吹捧这种新的系统。

By comparison with London, Paris is small.

与伦敦相比, 巴黎较小.

This dress is really cheaper by comparison.

比较起来,这件衣服确实便宜.