come by sth

(a) obtain sth, usu by effort 得到某事物（通常靠努力）: Jobs are hard to come by these days. 近来 很难找到工作. * I hope that money was honestly come by. 我希望那笔钱来得正当. (b) receive sth by chance 偶然获得某事物: How did you come by that scratch on your cheek? 你脸上的抓伤是怎麽来的?

come, come about, come across, come across (also come over), come after, come after sb, come alive, come along, come apart, come around, come around (to sth), come at, come at sb, come away (from sth), come back, come before, come before sb/sth, come between, come between sb and sb, come by, come down, come down on, come down to, come for, come forth, come forward, come from..., come home, come in, come in for, come into, come into acceptance, come into being, come into contact with, come into effect, come into force, come into one's own, come into operation, come into power, come into sth,