by name, in name
这是两个与name有关的固定搭配。
by name: (也可说成 by the name of)是个中性词组,义:“名叫什么”,它放在专有名词之后,以表示你所要说明的人或物的确实名称。
- the aeronautical engineering institute has built an airplane,“stingray”by name.
航空学院制造了一架飞机,名叫“刺 ”。 - there was a great poet china,qu yuan by name.
中国有个伟大的诗人,名叫屈原。 - someone by the name of mary wants to see you.
有个叫玛丽的要见您。
in name: 是贬义词,表示“名义上”、“徒有虚名”之意。
- he is a doctor in name only;he stays in the stock exchange all day long.
他只是名义上是个医生;他整天在股票交易所里。