go by

(时间)过去，逝去，消逝； 经过； 走过； 依照；错过

Shall we walk or go by bus ?(我们步行呢，还是坐公共汽车？)

You can go by train or by bus.(你可以坐火车去或者乘公共汽车去。)

Does she go by bus?(她乘公共汽车去吗？)

We'll go by train as far as London, and then take a bus.(我们坐火车到伦敦，然后转乘公共汽车。)

We chose to go by train.(我们选择乘火车去。)

We sat outside a cafe, watching the world go by.(我们坐在一家小餐馆外面，望着眼前来来往往的人们。)

We usually go by car.(我们通常开汽车去。)

You can go by subway.(你可以搭乘地铁前往。)

If you want to go by bus, that suits me fine.(要是你想坐公共汽车走，那对我也合适。)

That's a good rule to go by.(那是要遵守的好规则。)

verb

1. be or act in accordance with

e.g. Go by this rule and you'll be safe

2. be called
go by a certain name

e.g. She goes by her maiden name again

Synonym: go under

3. move past

e.g. A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window
He passed his professor in the hall
One line of soldiers surpassed the other

Synonym: travel bypass bysurpassgo pastpass

4. pass by

e.g. three years elapsed

Synonym: elapselapsepassslip byglide byslip awayslide bygo along

1. （时间）流逝，过去
If you say that time goes by, you mean that it passes.

e.g. My grandmother was becoming more and more sad and frail as the years went by.
随着时间的流逝，我的祖母变得日益伤感和虚弱。

2. 遵循；遵照
If you go by something, you use it as a basis for a judgment or action.

e.g. If they prove that I was wrong, then I'll go by what they say.
如果他们能证明我不对，我就听他们的。