hitherto
英 [ˌhɪðəˈtuː]
美 [ˌhɪðərˈtuː]
adv. 迄今; 直到某时
Collins.1 / BNC.4192 / COCA.16041
牛津词典
adv.
- 迄今；直到某时
until now; until the particular time you are talking about- a hitherto unknown species of moth
迄今仍属未知种类的蛾
- a hitherto unknown species of moth
柯林斯词典
- ADV 迄今;到目前为止
You usehithertoto indicate that something was true up until the time you are talking about, although it may no longer be the case.- The polytechnics have hitherto been at an unfair disadvantage in competing for pupils and money...
到目前为止，理工专科学校在争取生源和资金方面一直处于劣势。 - Hitherto, the main emphasis has been on the need to resist aggression...
迄今为止，一直重点强调的是要抵抗侵略。 - The helicopter is the first in the world to be designed to serve three hitherto very distinct markets.
这款直升机是世界上首批为满足3个迄今为止完全不同的市场而设计的机型。
- The polytechnics have hitherto been at an unfair disadvantage in competing for pupils and money...
英英释义
adv
- used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time
- So far he hasn't called
- the sun isn't up yet
双语例句
- Whether they were alive or not, this was a riddle hitherto unknown.
他们是生是死，迄今还是一个谜。 - I confess that I have hitherto indulged very little in philanthropic enterprises.
我承认，直到现在，我很少从事慈善事业。 - China, then, would share a central role in a system hitherto dominated overwhelmingly by the US dollar.
中国将在一个迄今由美元占据压倒性主导地位的体系中分享核心角色。 - It has been said of the world's history hitherto that might makes right.
亚伯拉罕·林肯：迄今，关于世界的历史，人们一直说强权即公理，现在应该让我们，让我们这个时代，来颠倒这种说法，让我们说：公理即强权。 - For hitherto though I have lost all my time.
迄今我虽然失去了全部的时日。 - Hitherto she had felt no dread with regard to the coming interview.
先前，她对于即将进行的会谈并不感到害怕。 - Our studies thus reveal a hitherto undiscovered novel pathway that controls cold adaptation in rice.
我们的研究结果揭示了迄今为止尚未发现的新的通路控制水稻对冷胁迫的适应。 - The work fills ( in) a gap which has hitherto existed in our archaeological literature.
这部著作填补了我国考古学文献中的一个空白。 - Hitherto he had thought it was some fiend fighting him, but darker suspicions assailed him now.
胡克一直以为和他作战的是个恶魔，可是现在，他起了更晦暗的疑心。 - This latter way is the true one, but hitherto untried.
这后一种方法是真实的，但尚未有人试用过。