Applicative is the correct usage
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"Applicative" is the correct usage, and there is no such thing as "by virtue of There is no such thing as "by virtue of". Pingtian means to add flatly, naturally. This word first came from the Qing Dynasty Baiyi Jushi's Jutian Lu volume, the original text reads, "Cao Tang Cui live, secretly born Ran Fang dust, flatly add bright sunshine." The meaning is that the green emerald green in front of the Cao Tang shows a fragrant scenery, adding a few points of spring color to this scene flatly.
There are two meanings of "add", one is "to add for nothing, to increase for no reason", e.g., you will only add to your own worries by thinking this way. The second is "natural increase", for example, every night in the square, the grandpa and grandma organized square dance activities for the square near the people added a lot of fun.
When "add" means to add something for nothing, the nearest synonym is "add in vain". There are two levels of meaning: (1) by chance. The book of the Later Han Dynasty, Dou Rong's biography, has the following words: "All the slander and reputation are not in vain, so we must not think about it." It means that all slander or praise does not come by chance, and one has to engage in self-reflection. (2) To exert oneself in vain does not work. E.g. Now that the end is a foregone conclusion, any further effort is futile.
The nearest synonym for "to come into being" is "to be born" when "to add" means to increase naturally. It means to produce a certain emotion naturally. For example, when I saw the Red Army's 25,000-mile march, the feeling of admiration arose, admiring the fortitude and perseverance of our forefathers. Another example: to see the increasing international status of our country, proud proud feeling in my heart!
Ping Tim is right. The idea of "adding to" is to increase naturally, to add to something for nothing. It is similar to the meaning of "oiled"; "added by virtue of" is a made-up word that cannot be found in any dictionary. "
Ping": the meaning of plain, plainly, for no reason at all. Although "凭空" also has the meaning of "平白无故无故", "凭空" cannot be omitted as "凭", "凭空" is a verb-object construction, the word "凭" alone can not express the meaning of "凭空".