0 to follow something or be shown the way by something -- 遵守,依照,按照
1 to base an opinion, decision, or judgment on something -- 根據…作判斷(或決定)
What do you go by when you're deciding whether or not to employ someone? 你決定僱用誰或者不僱用誰的依據是甚麼?
Going by what she said yesterday, I would say she's about to resign. 從昨天她說的話來判斷,我敢說她要辭職了。
If past experience is anything to go by, he'll completely ignore our suggestions and then change his mind at the last minute. 根據以往的經驗來看,他肯定會把我們的建議全然置諸腦後,在最後一刻改變主意。