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

• 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。
• 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。
• Water is changed into steam by heat and into ice by cold.
  水加热后变蒸汽，冷却后结冰。
• Some came by land and some by water.
  一些人由旱路来，一些人从水路来。
• 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%。
• 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。
• City centres were abandoned first by residents, then by shops, and latterly by businesses
  首先是当地居民搬离市中心，继而是商铺，近日各个企业也开始迁出。
• 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。
• 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。