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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He'll come round by and by.
  他会慢慢想通的。
• The business was worked by women and owned by men.
  所有房地产公司都是女人打工，男人当老板。
• 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。
• 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 works in an office by day and drives a taxi by night.
  他白天上班，晚上开出租车。
• 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%。
• 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。