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• ① 按照定义
  • An adverb by definition modifies adjectives, verbs, and other adverbs.按照定义,副词修饰形容词、动词以及别的副词。

• ② 【讽刺】在定义上;当然
  • A violinist by definition plays the violin.小提琴家当然是拉小提琴的。