英语词汇by the numbers的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	by the numbers
词源	by the numbers. To do something by the numbers is to do it mechanically, in precise order. The expression dates back to World War I, when soldiers were taught a complex task by breaking the task into a number of steps, often performed as the numbers were called out.
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