| 单词 | by then |
| 例句 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔DON'T CARE〕The company wrote and apologized for their mistake, but by then Sarah was past caring. 那家公司写信来为他们的错误道歉，但那时候莎拉已不在乎此事了。朗文写作活用〔FUTURE〕Tell him he has two weeks to finish the job. If he's not finished by then, he's fired. 告诉他给他两周时间完成工作，如果到时不能完成，他就会被解朗文写作活用〔SPREAD〕By then, the flood water had spread across 80 square miles of farmland. 那时候，洪水已经淹没了80平方英里的农田。朗文写作活用〔THEN〕Just wait until July -- all the exams will be over by then. 一直等到7月吧—到那时所有的考试都结束了。朗文写作活用〔always〕We'll leave on Tuesday – always assuming the car's repaired by then.我们礼拜二出发 — 如果那时车子能修好的话。朗文当代〔be six feet under〕There's no point worrying about it - we'll both be six feet under by then.不用为此担心——到时候我们俩都已入土了。剑桥高阶〔better〕We don't actually need it on Tuesday, but if it arrives by then, so much the better.实际上我们星期二并不需要它，但如果那时能到就更好。牛津高阶〔by〕We all knew by then that the affair was practically over.到那时，我们都知道事情实际上已经结束了。柯林斯高阶〔chance〕There is a good chance (that) Roy will be gone by then.到那时罗伊大概已经走了。英汉大词典〔come down on one side of the fence or the other〕The election is next week, so you'll have to come down on one side of the fence or the other by then.下周就要选举了，因此你到时必须在两者中作出选择。剑桥高阶〔compliant〕By then, Henry seemed less compliant with his wife's wishes than he had six months before.与六个月以前相比，亨利当时对他妻子的意愿似乎已不那么百依百顺了。牛津高阶〔dawdle away〕By then we had managed to dawdle away most of the afternoon.到那时我们已经消磨了大半个下午了。外研社新世纪〔domesticable〕She was fully domesticated by then,washing the dishes and taking out the garbage.从那以后她非常习惯于家务，刷碗碟和清除垃圾。21世纪英汉〔drift〕I didn't hear the storm. I must have drifted off by then.我没有听见暴风雨，那时一定是睡着了。牛津高阶〔establish〕By then she was established as a star.那时她作为明星的地位已经确立。牛津高阶〔euphoria〕By then, the euphoria over the fall of the Berlin Wall had evaporated.到那时，柏林墙倒塌带来的欣喜已消失殆尽。牛津搭配〔far gone〕He had been drinking for a couple of hours, so he was pretty far gone by then.他喝了几个小时的酒，因此他当时的神志已经很不清楚了。韦氏高阶〔far〕In his last few days the pain seemed to have stopped, but by then he was so far gone that it was no longer any comfort.在他弥留人世的最后几天里，疼痛似乎止住了，但那时他已奄奄一息，不再感到丝毫安慰。柯林斯高阶〔fixated〕But by then the administration wasn't paying attention, for top officials were fixated on Kuwait.但在那之前，当局并没有特别注意，因为高层官员们都一门心思扑在科威特上。柯林斯高阶〔flat〕The sea by then was as flat as a pancake.大海当时风平浪静。麦克米伦高阶〔flow〕By then this summer's tournament will be in full flow.到那时夏季比赛将全面展开。外研社新世纪〔halfway〕By then it was October and we were more than halfway through our tour.那时是十月份, 我们的旅程已经过了大半。外研社新世纪〔hardness〕It was snowing hard by then.当时雪下得很大。柯林斯高阶〔heavily〕Paul was drinking heavily by then.那时保罗喝酒喝得很厉害。朗文当代〔hopefully〕By then the problem will hopefully have been solved.到那时这个问题有望得到解决。朗文当代〔lesson〕If you aren't back by then, I'll lesson you!如果你到时候不回来, 看我怎么教训你！外研社新世纪〔open〕We can leave our offer open for another week, but we have to have your decision by then.我们可以再给你一周时间考虑我们的出价，不过到时候我们必须知道你的决定。剑桥高阶〔past〕He was past his prime as a player by then.那时他已经过了作为演员的巅峰时期。麦克米伦高阶〔past〕She was past caring about anything by then and just wanted the pain to end.那时，她已经什么都不在乎了，只盼着疼痛能够止住。柯林斯高阶〔picture〕I could have asked Shane to help, but he was out of the picture by then.我本来可以叫沙恩去帮忙的，但他那时已经不再管这件事了。麦克米伦高阶〔rate〕At this rate, she would be almost seven feet tall by then.这样下去，她到时将有7英尺高了。柯林斯高阶〔retrieval〕By then the situation was beyond retrieval(= impossible to put right).到那时，局势已无法挽回。牛津高阶〔scene〕By then, there was a boyfriend on the scene.到那时，她已经有一位男朋友了。朗文当代〔seasoned〕Artie was by then a seasoned musician with six albums to his credit.到那时阿蒂已经出版了六张专辑，是个经验丰富的音乐家了。朗文当代〔should〕The doctor said it will take six weeks and I should be fine by then.医生说需要6周时间，到那时我就会好了。柯林斯高阶〔suppose〕It had been supposed that by then Peter would be married.人们一直认为到那时彼得应该结婚了。柯林斯高阶〔switch back〕There are 12 months to the next election, the public mood could switch back to the centre by then.离下次选举还有12个月, 到那时民心可能会重新倒向中间党派。外研社新世纪〔then〕By then it may be too late.到那时可能就太晚了。英汉大词典〔then〕By then it was too late.到那时候已经太晚了。外研社新世纪〔then〕By then we will have finished decorating the house.到那时, 我们就已经装修完房子了。外研社新世纪〔then〕Call again next week. They should have reached a decision by then.下星期再来电话。到那时他们应该已作出决定了。牛津高阶〔then〕I'll call you tomorrow - I should have the details by then.我明天会给你打电话——到那时我应该知道详情了。剑桥高阶〔then〕It was late evening when the doctor arrived, and by then it was too late.医生赶到时已是深夜，这时候已经太晚了。朗文当代〔will〕Maybe by then you will have changed your mind.也许到时候你已经改变主意了。朗文当代〔wind〕The delay put the wind up me because, by then, I knew something was very wrong.延误令我很担忧, 因为那时我知道出了大问题。外研社新世纪〔yet〕By then governments may have woken up to a yet more radical option.到那时政府可能已经意识到该采取更为激进的手段。柯林斯高阶By then Britain as an imperial power had declined. 到那时，英国作为一个帝国已经衰落。译典通I'll phone you tomorrow-- I should have the details by then.明天我给你打电话，那时我应该知道详细情况了。剑桥国际The election is next week, so you'll have to come down on one side of the fence or other (= make a decision between two choices) by then.下周将进行选举，所以你到时必须在两者中作出抉择。剑桥国际We can leave our offer open for another week, but we must have your decision by then.我们可以让你对我们的提议再考虑一个星期，但是到那时候我们必须得到你的决定。剑桥国际 |
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