Olivia runs a lathe which cuts semifinished product of metal by inches.

奥利维亚开动一台车床,车床一点一点地切削着金属毛坯.

The car missed me by inches.

那辆汽车差一点儿撞著我。

Evil comes to us by ells and goes away by inches.

罪恶来时,尺进寸退.

She was suffering from malarial fever, and seemed dying by inches.

她当时正发着一种寒热病, 似乎正在慢慢地死去.

Before the end, Giovinco made a great run and his shot was off target by inches.

临近结束前, 吉奥文科漂亮的跑位,但他的射门缓慢偏出.

Tom had a home run, but the ball went foul by inches. A miss is as good as a mile.

我们还以为汤姆打了个本垒打，可是差几英寸变成界外球。真是差一点儿也不行啊。

We thought Tom had a home run, but the ball went foul by inches. A miss is as good as a mile.

我们还以为汤姆来个本垒打，可是差几英寸变成界外球，小的失误也仍然是失误。

Unable to plan a long period program time was ever and again spent in waiting information and wasting by inches.

不能做长期计划，时时都在等消息中度过，浪费着时间。