中式英语之鉴:名义上

65. 奥斯本名义上是个医生，但他整天都呆在股票交易所里。

[误] Osborne is a doctor by name only, but he stays in the stock exchange all day long.

[正] Osborne is a doctor in name only, but he stays in the stock exchange all day long.

注：by name 和 in name 虽然形似，但涵义却有区别。by name 相当于by the name of，常放在专有名词之后，表示所说的人或事物的确实名称。例如：There was a great poet in China, Qu Yuan by name（中国有个伟大的诗人，名叫屈原）。而in name 是贬义词，表示“名义上的”或“徒有虚名”。