中英之鑒 中式英語(yǔ)之鑒86

　　[誤] Osborne is a doctor by name only, but he stays in the stock exchange all day long.

　　[正] Osborne is a doctor in name only, but he stays in the stock exchange all day long.

　　注：by name 和 in name 雖然形似，但涵義卻有區(qū)別。by name 相當(dāng)于by the name of，常放在專(zhuān)有名詞之后，表示所說(shuō)的人或事物的確實(shí)名稱(chēng)。例如：There was a great poet in China, Qu Yuan by name(中國(guó)有個(gè)偉大的詩(shī)人，名叫屈原)。而in name 是貶義詞，表示“名義上的”或“徒有虛名”。