by the sea

by sea, by the sea

这两个词组仅仅相差了一个单词"the"。
by sea: 意为“走海路；坐轮船”，其中by表示乘坐交通工具或行走方式，by与名词间不可用冠词。

• they will go to america by sea.
  他们将坐轮船去美国。

by the sea: 意为“在海边”，其中by表示“在......旁边”，by与后面的名词间常有冠词修饰。

• there is a small village by the sea.
  海边有个小村庄。

1. We eventually wound up (staying) in a super little hotel by the sea.
   我们最终在一个很棒的海滨旅馆落脚(住下来).
2. The children plumped for a holiday by the sea.
   孩子们特别想去海边度假。
3. The erosion of the coastline by the sea was ignored by people.
   海水对海岸的冲刷被人们忽视了。
4. A week by the sea will soon set you right again.
   在海边呆上1个星期，就可以使你的身体迅速复原。
5. The sound of seagulls carried her back to childhood holidays by the sea.
   她听到海鸥的叫声就回忆起童年时在海边度假的情景。
6. We parked the car by the sea and it got covered with spray.
   我们把汽车停在海边，结果车上全是水沫。