by and by 详细解释

by and by

[,bai əb 'bai]

adv.不久, 后来

不久

He'll come back by and by.

他不久就会回来。

词义辨析

同义参见:

shortly  later  sometime  

英英释义

名词 by and by:

an indefinite time in the future

同义词:by-and-by

副词 by and by:

at some eventual time in the future

同义词:later

补充

by and byby and by1.不久, 马上Summer vacation will come by and by.暑假很快就要来到。

例句

1. "I feel sure that we'll succeed by and by. [=ultimately, in the end]"我肯定我们最终会成功。