Phrase
time to come
noun
未来；将来
the time yet to come; the future
- 1.
the time yet to come
未来
未来；时间；第四次超级机器人大战
In use
The time to come is full of uncertainty, but we must not lose hope.
In time to come, robots will do many of our daily chores.
She keeps a diary so that people in time to come will know how we lived.
the time to come (as subject)
通常需加定冠词the。
The time to come holds many opportunities.
未来的时间充满许多机会。
in the time to come (as adverbial)
常用于表示未来的时间段。
In the time to come, we will see great changes.
在未来的时间里，我们将看到巨大的变化。
for the time to come (as adverbial)
表示为了未来。
We must prepare for the time to come.
我们必须为未来做好准备。
Common mistakes
Time to come, technology will improve.In time to come, technology will improve.
中文学习者常遗漏介词'in'，将'time to come'直接用作状语。应加上'in'构成短语'in time to come'，表示'在未来'。
In coming time, we will have flying cars.In time to come, we will have flying cars.
混淆了'coming time'与'time to come'。英语中固定短语是'time to come'，而不是'coming time'。
Connections
Confusing words
- future
- 未来 · 时间状语 'time to come' 侧重指未来的时间段，而 'future' 泛指未来，用法更广泛。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WORDNET.