介詞 by 表示“由……寫（作、著）”等的用法說明

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用法一：介詞 by 表示“由……寫（作、著）”，可視為 written by 之省略。又如：

It’s a play (written) by Shakespeare. 那是莎士比亞(寫)的劇本。

I haven’t read any books by Tolstoy. 我沒看過托爾斯泰的書。

She recited a poem by Goethe. 她朗誦了歌德的一首詩。

I was reading a novel by Hemingway. 我在看一本海明威的小說。

That reminded her of a play by Tchekov. 這使她想起契訶夫的一個劇本。

I would like to borrow a copy of “David Copperfield” by Dickens. 我想借一本狄更斯的《大衛·科波菲爾》。

用法二：如果是針對畫作而言，則可視為 painted by 之省略。如：

Is this a painting by Picasso? 這是畢加索的畫嗎?

Are these drawings by Goya? 這些是戈雅的畫嗎?

Were there many pictures by British artists? 英國畫家的作品多嗎?

Have you seen the exhibition of paintings by Picasso? 你參觀過畢加索的畫展嗎?

My grandfather had among his possessions a portrait by Matisse. 我祖父有一幅馬蒂斯畫的肖像畫。

用法三：如果是針對曲作而言，則可視為 composed by 之省略。如：

He played us a piece by Chopin. 他給我們演奏了蕭邦的一首樂曲。

The next selection is by Mozart. 下面的樂章選自莫扎特的作品。

The child stumbled through a piece by Chopin. 那孩子演奏蕭邦的曲子很不流暢。

She ended her concert with three songs by Schubert. 她唱了舒伯特的3首歌來結束她的音樂會。