🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

按具体情况而定

Pronunciation / Transliteration: àn jù tǐ qíng kuàng ér dìng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Case-by-case/ˌkeɪ.səˈbaɪˌkeɪ.s/
adjectiveadverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"我们将按具体情况而定来处理这些申请。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Involving evaluation, consideration, or handling of each individual situation separately as it arises, rather than applying a general policy.

    "The committee made decisions on a case-by-case basis regarding exceptional funding requests."
As adverb
  1. 1

    Individually, situation by situation, without a uniform rule.

    "We will review each application case-by-case to ensure fairness."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the noun 'case' (from Latin 'casus', meaning chance or occurrence, via Old French) combined with the preposition 'by', forming a phrasal modifier in Late Modern English. Originally used in legal and administrative contexts to denote situations handled individually rather than by a general rule, it evolved into standard professional and conversational usage.

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