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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Some came by land and some by water.
  一些人由旱路来，一些人从水路来。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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%。
• He works in an office by day and drives a taxi by night.
  他白天上班，晚上开出租车。
• 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。
• 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。