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

• Government expenditure is financed by taxation and by borrowing.
  政府开支依靠征税款和借贷来维持。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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%。
• Water is changed into steam by heat and into ice by cold.
  水加热后变蒸汽，冷却后结冰。
• Vic was bullied by his father and persecuted by his sisters.
  维克受到父亲的欺压和姊妹们的纠缠。
• 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。
• 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。
• By and by you'll be able to figure out what sort of person he really is.
  这个人究竟怎么样，你慢慢就品出来了。
• 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。