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How to use the character "由“ and "以“ I see this character often but seems it has multiple uses. Can you please give me examples of how it's used. Ex. 美国以国家安全为由打击中国企业 (how is it used in here) From the above sentence how is 以 used?Can you also provide other ways this character is used.
2012년 8월 31일 오후 3:46
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美国以国家安全为由打击中国企业. In this sentence, 以 means " use " and 由 means " reason" If 以 and 由 are used together, in fact, it is a sentence pattern. for example 以...为由, this means " take something as a reason. Specifically, in this sentence, 美国以国家安全为由打击中国企业, it means 国家安全 is the reason which is used by America to attack Chinese companies.
2012년 9월 1일
以 some reason 为由 do sth=用the reason做理由 do sth.
2012년 9월 1일
It is not suitable to use 用 in this sentence. Because as I said above, 以...为由 is a sentence pattern which is used together with reasons and in this sentence, 国家安全 is the reason. The word “ use" has the same meaning as 用 in Chinese. Specifically, we always say " use something" in English that is the same to Chinese. If you want to use 用, you must add the real thing you use behind 用. And in this sentence 国家安全 is a reason not a specific substance. I can give you an example, 我用右手写字---I use my right hand to write.
2012년 9월 1일
“以”This word has a lot of kinds usage, but the most common meaning is to use “以”is equal to“用”(use)Is a verb “由”is “理由”(season)Is noun
2012년 8월 31일
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