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

• Water is changed into steam by heat and into ice by cold.
  水加热后变蒸汽，冷却后结冰。
• 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%。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• Government expenditure is financed by taxation and by borrowing.
  政府开支依靠征税款和借贷来维持。
• But progress remains a struggle; Motorola is still an also-ran in global market share by units and by revenue.
  但总体进展并不顺利；无论是以销量、还是销售额计，摩托罗拉的全球市场份额表现平平。
• 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。