by and by

英 [baɪ ənd baɪ]

美 [baɪ ənd baɪ]

不久，马上

英英释义

adv

• at some eventual time in the future
  1. By and by he'll understand
  2. I'll see you later
  Synonym:later

双语例句

• Wall Street was rocked by the news and shares fell 4.3 per cent by the end of trading.
  这则消息震惊了整个华尔街，股票在交易日结束时下跌了4.3%。
• The camp is surrounded by razor-wire fences and guarded by military police.
  营地周围架着尖利的铁丝网，且有宪兵看守。
• All of this requires power, and that power is most efficiently produced by coal and by oil.
  所有这些都需要电，而发电的最有效方式是通过煤炭或石油。
• Samsung saw its share grow by 1 percentage point and apple by 4 points.
  同一时期，三星的占有率上升了1%，苹果的占有率上升了4%。
• She's indexed the book by author, by age, and by illustrator.
  她根据作者、年龄和插图画家分别为该书编了索引。
• The government would not allow anyone to sneak in by the back door and seize power by force
  政府不会允许任何人偷偷混进来并用暴力攫取政权。
• He works in an office by day and drives a taxi by night.
  他白天上班，晚上开出租车。
• We should teach the young by placing responsibility on them and by trusting them in real endeavors
  我们应该通过让年轻人承担责任、令他们进行真正的尝试来教育他们。
• Catagensis is marked by a loss of hydrogen, and consequently by a decrease of the h/ c ratio.
  后生阶段以氢减少必然导致h／d比率降低为特征。
• He was a printer by trade and naturalist by avocation.
  他从事印刷业，同时是个博物学爱好者。