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。
• 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。
• 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。
• There is a mismatch between the skills offered by people and the skills needed by industry.
  行业需要的技术与人们可以提供的技能并不匹配。
• 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。
• Catagensis is marked by a loss of hydrogen, and consequently by a decrease of the h/ c ratio.
  后生阶段以氢减少必然导致h／d比率降低为特征。
• Samsung saw its share grow by 1 percentage point and apple by 4 points.
  同一时期，三星的占有率上升了1%，苹果的占有率上升了4%。
• 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。
• He works in an office by day and drives a taxi by night.
  他白天上班，晚上开出租车。