67 表示方式、手段的介词 Track59
这样的介词有：by, with, through, in
（1）by
注意：by后面接动名词或不带冠词的单数名词。如by boat，而不是by a boat*。
1）表示行为方式。例如：
send something by post
do something by hand
pay by check/by credit card （但要说：pay in cash）
我们还可以说某事发生是by mistake/by accident/by chance （但要说：on purpose）
2）接交通工具。
by car by train by plane/air by boat/sea/ship by bus by bicycle
by metro/subway/underground （但要说：on foot）
注意：
①by car，不说by a car*，by my car*，by the car*，但说：in a car，in my car，in the car。
I don't mind going by car but I don't want to go in your car.
我不介意乘车去，但我又不想坐你的车。
②car, taxi前用介词in。
They didn't come in their car. They came in a taxi.
他们没开自己的车来，而是打车来的。
③自行车和公共交通设施前使用on。
on the train/by train, on his bicycle/by bicycle
3）表示通过某种手段以达到预期的结果。（与with相区别）
a. We succeeded by cooperating with them.
通过与他们合作，我们取得了成功。
b. Our Mission is to help our clients achieve their business goals by providing a service for the timely delivery of qualif ied staff to support their operational needs.
我们的宗旨是根据客户的业务需求及时地提供合格的人才，从而帮助客户达到商业目的。
（2）with
主要是表示用具体的工具做某事。with接单数可数名词时，需要带冠词。例如：
a. I killed a fly with a flyflap. 我用苍蝇拍打死了一只苍蝇。
b. We can see with our eyes and write with our hands.
（3）in
表示以某种方式做某事。例如：
a. Write in pencil/ink.
b. Express this in your own words.
c. Speak in a low voice.
d. Pay in installments. 以分期付款的方式支付。
（4）through
其用法与by相近，只是through一般多跟名词连用，by则多与动名词搭配。
They talked to each other through an interpreter.
第三节 常见的介词短语
前文说过，与介词连用的词主要有动词、名词和形容词。因此，我们把常见的介词短语也如此分类。
68 与动词搭配的短语
1）动词+介词：
accuse of apply for
ask for believe in
blame for begin with
compare with compare to
comply with conform to
consist of consist in
consist with cooperate with
deal in depend on
differ from differ in
dream of insist on
lead to live on
listen to object to
occur to persist in
prefer to prepare for
refer to rely on
remind of resort to
result from result in
succeed in think about/of
wait for warn of
2）动词+名词+介词：
play a role in take advantage of
take part in
3）动词+副词+介词：
catch up with come up with
make up for put up with
be fed up with
