By the numbers:数字,数字显示,数字化,数字上看, 同义词、反义词, 例句

In a strict sequence, step-by-step; also, mechanically. For example, The only way to assemble this computer is to do it by the numbers, or Writing a novel is not something one can do by the numbers. This expression has nothing to do with actual numerical figures but uses numbers in the sense of a strict order or sequence.

adv. 副词 adverb

according to rule

Those are troubling numbers, for unfettered speech is not incidental to a flourishing society.
France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
And too much of a focus on numbers can obscure strategic truths.
Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
All along the highways and by-paths of our literature we encounter much that pertains to this "queen of plants."
Bacteria, when present in great numbers, give a uniform cloud which cannot be removed by ordinary filtration.
As company after company appeared, we were able to form a pretty exact estimate of their numbers.
The Mexicans, far superior in numbers, received every moment accessions to their strength.