By the book 嚴格按照規定

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你喜歡在完成工作任務時憑感覺自由發揮還是嚴格遵守既定的步驟？習慣用語 “by the book” 的意思就是 “嚴格按照規定”。“Do things by the book” 並不一定是一件壞事，有時規則也可以幫助我們減少意外情況的發生，提升效率。聽節目音頻，跟主持人菲菲和 Georgie 一起學習 “by the book” 的用法。

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Feifei
大傢好，歡迎收聽 AYYBLOG 英語教學的 “地道英語” 節目。在每期節目中，我們都會介紹一個英語母語人士或講英語流利的人會用到的習慣用語或短語。I’m Feifei, and I’m joined by Georgie. Hi Georgie. Are you ready to begin?

Georgie
Yes, I am… but actually, Feifei, I was thinking about switching up the format of this programme a bit – try something a little different… What do you think?

Feifei
Mmm. I’m not sure about that, Georgie. We have to do things ‘by the book’ around here. We can’t just make up last-minute changes whenever we like…

Georgie
OK, I suppose that makes sense. Well, you just said we do things ‘by the book’, and that’s the phrase we’re looking at in this programme. Can you explain what you meant by ‘we do things by the book’, Feifei?

Feifei
Yes! I mean that we follow the rules exactly, without improvising. So, to remember it, maybe imagine a book of rules that you follow, but it doesn’t have to be a physical book of rules. Let’s hear some examples from our AYYBLOG Learning English colleagues.

Examples
I know when some people are cooking, they just, like, throw any old ingredients in there and make it up as they go along, but I like to do it by the book and follow the recipe.

I do everything by the book, and it does make it slower, which can be a bit annoying, but, yeah, got to follow the rules.

Our accountant is very thorough. He does everything by the book, so I trust his judgement.

Feifei
你正在收聽的是 AYYBLOG 英語教學的 “地道英語” 節目。以上我們一起學習瞭 “by the book” 的用法。“By the book” 是一個習慣用語，它的意思是 “嚴格按照規定”。想象你在做一件事情的時候需要按照具體的規定完成，甚至需要拿著一本手冊一步一步地對照著做，就不難理解 “by the book” 的含義瞭。所以 “do something by the book” 的意思就是 “照章辦事，按照規定做事，不進行臨時或即興的修改”。

Georgie
Yes, you can use other verbs too, for example, ‘We need to complete the paperwork by the book to make sure it’s all correct’.

Feifei
是的，除瞭 “do something by the book” 之外，我們還可以用動詞 “complete something by the book”，它們的意思都是 “照章辦事，嚴格按照規定做事”。

Georgie
Well, that’s it from us! Thanks for joining us. Bye!

Feifei
Bye-bye!