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

• Indeed, when twitter rolled out promoted tweets tweets written by and paid for by advertisers roughly a year ago, there were only six marketers; now there are 600.
  的确，大概一年前，Twitter公司推出PromotedTweets（由广告主撰写并付费发布的Tweet）时，仅有6家公司买账；而现在则达到600家之多。
• 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。
• Haig was immediately impressed by Charteris's expertise and by his lucid explanation of the work.
  查特里斯的专业知识和他对作品浅显易懂的阐释立即给黑格留下了深刻印象。
• Government expenditure is financed by taxation and by borrowing.
  政府开支依靠征税款和借贷来维持。
• He'll come round by and by.
  他会慢慢想通的。
• The soil is depleted first by having crops grown in it and second by natural weathering and bacterial action.
  土壤首先是被种植其中的作物消耗掉，其次受自然风化和细菌活动的侵蚀。
• One loses by pride and gains by modesty.;
  满招损，谦受益。
• 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。
• Women are too often constrained by family commitments and by low expectations
  女性往往受到家庭责任和低期望值的束缚。
• 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%。