| 释义 | by the book in American English  See full dictionary entry for   book  according to the rules; in the prescribed or usual wayThe council insisted it had done everything by the book.I wanted to do everything by the book.But will the by-the-book detective be convinced by her brother's argument?It prided itself on doing things by the book.Did the police play by the book?But these are not designers to play it by the book, operatic or otherwise.In your case, though, you appeared to have done everything by the book.Examples of 'by the book' in a sentenceby the bookChinese translation of 'by the book'  照章办(辦)事(zhàozhāng bànshì)
 See bookNearby words ofby the bookby seaby sheer chanceby special deliveryby the bookby the look or looks of itby the powers invested in meby the same token
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