| 单词 | by the book |
| 释义 | by the book From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishby the bookby the bookOBEYexactly according to rules or instructionsShe feels she has to go by the book and can’t use her creativity.do/play something by the bookThe police were careful to do everything by the book. → bookExamples from the Corpusdo/play something by the book• He plays it by the book.• I do it by the book.• They play it by the book - their book not mine. |
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