by word of mouth

1. My products aren't based on advertising hype, they sell by word of mouth.
   我的产品销售靠的不是天花乱坠的广告宣传，而是良好的口碑。
2. The story has been passed down by word of mouth.
   这个故事是口头流传下来的。
3. I have informed him by word of mouth.
   我已口头通知他了。
4. He agreed by word of mouth.
   他口头上同意了。
5. Declare the past to him by word of mouth she could not; but there was another way.
   当面把自己的过去坦诚相告，她做不到，不过还有另外的办法。
6. These storytellers passed on the earliest tales about Arthur by word of mouth.
   亚瑟王的故事就是通过这些游呤诗人的口述流传下来的。
7. News also travels by word of mouth or through mobile phones.
   消息也通过口耳或手机信息的方式传播。
8. The paper said the rumor first circulated online and spread to rural areas by word of mouth.
   该报说谣言首先在网上散布，然后通过口口相传扩散到农村。
9. The Scriptures and other apocryphal works were passed down either by word of mouth and through song, and much later in works of art that did much to instruct the believer.
   经文和其他伪经作品或者是通过口头和唱颂，更加后期的是通过艺术作品来流传下来，对信仰者有很大的指引。
10. That story isn't true, of course; it's an urban legend, circulating by word of mouth since the1970s.
    当然，这故事不是真的，这是一个都市传传说，从二十世纪七十年代口口相传至今。
11. Legends of the'Dreamtime'are handed down by word of mouth and by totem from generation to generation.
    创世记的传说以口头和图腾的形式一代代传下来。
12. He declared a much greater willingness to make mean concessions by word of mouth than on paper.
    比起书面表达来，他更愿意用口头语言来表达这种使他感觉不好意思的让步。
13. We may call God's word transmitted by word of mouth fluid revelations, and the record made by Moses solid revelations.
    对用口授方式传达上帝的话，我们可谓之流体启示，而对那由摩西写的记录，叫做固体启示。
14. Folklore is oral; that is, it passes by word of mouth from one person to another and from one generation to the next.
    说民俗具有口头性，是因为它是经口头的形式从这人到那人，从这一代到下一代传承下来的。
15. Writers for radio next learned how to suggest place and time by word of mouth, accompanied by the impressionistic use of sound and music.
    后来，广播节目撰稿人学会了用口播语词表现时问和地点，同时伴随着旨在加强印象的声音和音乐。
16. He was trying to be very quiet about it but the news that he had won the lottery spread rapidly by word of mouth.
    他本来不想别人知道，但是他中了彩票头奖的消息还是很快口头传开了。
17. Folk tales are traditional stories'of the people'that are handed down from one generation to another by word of mouth.
    民间故事是用口耳相传的方式一代代流传下来的“老百姓的”传统故事。
18. He asked me to deliver a message by word of mouth.
    他要我口头传达一条消息。
19. It became famous by word of mouth.
    它靠传闻出名了。
20. He received the news by word of mouth.
    他得到的是口头的消息。
21. Only by word of mouth, from mind to mind, could they pass on the secret.
    他们只有靠用嘴巴才能把他们头脑中的秘密传来传去。
22. "Oh, by word of mouth."?
    哦，通过口耳相传。
23. New ideas were disseminated by word of mouth.
    新想法经口头传播了出去。
24. This success was achieved purely by word of mouth;
    这项成功完全是靠口碑；
25. Gossip ( usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth.
    口头传播的闲话（通常有真实的也有不真实的）。
26. The news was carried by word of mouth to every settlement.
    这条新闻被口头传播到每一个部落。
27. I'm so pleased you've been able to come this evening, and I hope you didn't mind getting your invitation by word of mouth.
    我非常高兴你今晚能来，我希望你不要介意未给你发书面邀请，只是口头上邀请你来。
28. All the orders were given by word of mouth to avoid leaving written evidence which might be later discovered.
    所有的命令都是口头传达，以免留下以后可能会被发现的书面证据。
29. I have only heard that I got the job by word of mouth. I am still waiting for written confirmation.
    我仅仅是听说我得到了这个职位。我还在等待书面确认。
30. I didn't read about it but heard the news by word of mouth.
    我不是读到这消息，而是听来的。

adv

1. by spoken rather than written means
   1. these stories were transmitted by word of mouth

   Synonym:    orally

2. orally
   1. I heard it viva voce

   Synonym:    viva voce