by the piece

基本解釋

Everything here is sold by the piece.
這裡的所有東西都按件出售。
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"The nightmares for a tightwad are sushi by the piece or a taxi where you have to watch the meter running, " Loewenstein says.
Loewenstein說：“對(duì)於一個(gè)吝嗇鬼而言，噩夢(mèng)可能就是看到壽司漲價(jià)或者打車的時(shí)候看到計(jì)價(jià)器在飛漲”。
One oddity is that all produce is sold by the piece, with no scales in sight, making it difficult to compare loose items like broccoli or squash that are elsewhere priced by the pound.
有一個(gè)怪事就是所有的辳産品都是論個(gè)兒賣的，你也看不到磅秤，這樣對(duì)於比較像花椰菜或者果汁汽水就睏難了，其他地方都論磅賣。

His idea for the original drawing came from a piece of music by the English composer Ralph Vaughn-Williams.
I was strucked by what I found in the New York Times December 8th, a piece writen by an army officer.
我感到非常震驚,12月8號(hào)，我在紐約時(shí)報(bào)，看到了一篇軍官寫的文章。
普林斯頓公開課 - 國(guó)際座談會(huì)課程節(jié)選
Well I ought to be able to do that by simply generalizing the loop. And that's what the next piece of code on your a hand out shows you.
好的通過生成這個(gè)循環(huán),我應(yīng)該能夠達(dá)到目的,這也是你們的講義中下一段代碼。
麻省理工公開課 - 計(jì)算機(jī)科學(xué)及編程導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)選

That was the main reason they kept their jobs, which paid by the piece, and not very much.
NEWYORKER: The House Behind a Weeping Cherry