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by-and-by

/bahy-uhn-bahy/US // ˌbaɪ ənˈbaɪ //

渐渐地,逐渐地,逐步,逐渐

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the future: to meet in the sweet by-and-by.

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Examples

  • As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.

  • As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.

  • Yes, Byrd—dead four-and-a-half years now—was a Kleagle in the Ku Klux Klan.

  • A step-by-step plan to break from your various technology addictions.

  • Those snakes attacked unwitting passers-by, or invaded homes and hotels.

  • All along the highways and by-paths of our literature we encounter much that pertains to this "queen of plants."

  • She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.

  • John was baptizing at a large pool called Ænon-by-Saleim,—probably allegorical, meaning “Fountain of Repose.”

  • The sewing-machine made a resounding clatter in the room; it was of a ponderous, by-gone make.

  • No law of that country must exceed in words the number of letters in their alphabet, which consists only in two-and-twenty.