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。
• 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。
• Travelling by day and resting by night, he came to the province of shaanxi, travel-worn and weary.
  他晓行夜宿，风尘仆仆，一路来到陕西。
• I'm going by bike, and you may go by bus.
  我呢，骑自行车去，你们呢，坐汽车去。
• 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。
• 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。
• Mining rose by 9.1%, manufacturing by 9.4% and services by 4.3%.
  采矿业增长了9.1%，制造业增长了9.4%，服务业增长了4.3%。
• 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。