by the way

英語

其他寫法

• BTW, btw (首字母縮略詞)

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介詞短語

by the way

1. (習語) 順便問一句，順便說一句

   近義詞：apropos、BTW、by the by、incidentally

   • 1853, Herman Melville, Bartleby, the Scrivener, in Billy Budd, Sailor and Other Stories, New York: Penguin Books, 1968; reprint 1995 as Bartleby, ISBN 0 14 60.0012 9, p.2:

     […] I had counted on a life-lease of the profits, whereas I only received those of a few short years. But this is by the way.

   • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, 章號 7, 出自 The Mirror and the Lamp:

     “A very welcome, kind, useful present, that means to the parish. By the way, Hopkins, let this go no further. We don't want the tale running round that a rich person has arrived. Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. […]”

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   His mother will be coming for dinner tomorrow, and, by the way, she volunteered to bring dessert.

   他媽媽明天過來吃晚飯。順帶提一句，她還說要帶點甜品過來。

副詞

by the way (不可比)

1. (英國，習語) 不相關，離題