Our team lost the game only beacuse of a mistake by one of the players.

题目

Our team lost the game only beacuse of a mistake by one of the players.
请问这里的by怎么解释呢?
谢谢,有这样解释的例句最好了~~
既然解释为"被",那为什么没有体现出被动语态呢?

答案

直接从意思上理解好了,by是被,由的意思.
如果非要体现被动语态,那就是only because of a mistake made by one of the players.这样的意思了.因为by本身就有这个意思,所以不必要非加个made.