by then
到那時
Then adv.
1. At that time (referring to a time specified, either past or future).
And the Canaanite was then in the land. --Gen. xii. 6.
Now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. --1 Cor. xiii. 12.
2. Soon afterward, or immediately; next; afterward.
First be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. --Matt. v. 24.
3. At another time; later; again.
One while the master is not aware of what is done, and then in other cases it may fall out to be own act. --L'Estrange.
By then. (a) By that time. (b) By the time that. [Obs.]
But that opinion, I trust, by then this following argument hath been well read, will be left for one of the mysteries of an indulgent Antichrist. --Milton.
Now and then. See under Now, adv.
Till then, until that time; until the time mentioned. --Milton.
Note: ☞ Then is often used elliptically, like an adjective, for then existing; as, the then administration.