介詞短語
词源
源自by + no + means (“方式，方法”)。
读音
- /baɪ nəʊ ˈmiːnz/
- /baɪ noʊ ˈminz/
释义
决不，一點也不，毫不
By no means am I suggesting that euthanasia should be outlawed, but rather that we should look at its inherent risks.
我絕非主張安樂死應被列為非法，而是強調必須正視其潛在風險。
Is that all you’ve got to say? ―By no means. Let me explain further.
「你就只有這些要說嗎？」――不是。容我進一步說明。
For the Maine Garden, I doe not Deny, but there ſhould be ſome Faire Alleys, ranged on both Sides, vvith Fruit Trees; And ſome Pretty Tufts of Fruit Trees, And Arbours vvith Seats, ſet in ſome Decent Order; but theſe to be, by no Meanes, ſet too thicke; […]
1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Gardens”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC, page 278:He by no means gave up his shop. On the contrary, he kept well abreast of new discoveries. He followed the great movement of chocolates; he was the first to introduce "cocoa" and "revalenta" into the Seine-Inferieure.
1856: Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter XI, translated by Eleanor Marx-AvelingEvery photographer of experience has his own theories and methods of working, but for the last 14 years I have used a Leica exclusively, and have found it best adapted to the somewhat exacting demands of railway photography, which is by no means an easy branch of the art.
每位經驗豐富的攝影師都有自己獨特的工作理論與方法。過去十四年來，我始終專注使用徠卡相機，發現它最能滿足鐵道攝影的嚴苛要求——須知這絕非攝影藝術中輕鬆入門的領域。
1952 February，H[enry] C[yril] Casserley，「Permanent Wayfarings」，收錄於The Railway Magazine，London：Tothill Press，→ISSN，→OCLC，78頁：Well, during our short staycation at Humberston Fitties, just south of Cleethorpes, we cycled through the very unspoilt Lincolnshire Wolds, which are by no means flat and boring as conventional wisdom about the county suggests.
在克利索普斯以南的亨伯斯頓菲蒂斯短暫度假期間，我們騎行穿越了保持原始風貌的林肯郡丘陵——這裡絕非如外界對該郡的刻板印象那般平坦乏味。
2021年 7月28日，Christian Wolmar，「Forgotten by the Railways, but Ripe for the Exploring」，收錄於Rail，936期，Peterborough, Cambridgeshire：Bauer Media，→ISSN，→OCLC，35頁：