hitherto

英 [ˌhɪðəˈtuː]

美 [ˌhɪðərˈtuː]

adv.  迄今; 直到某时

CET6考研IELTSGRETEM8

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
  1. a hitherto unknown species of moth
     迄今仍属未知种类的蛾

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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。

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
  1. So far he hasn't called
  2. the sun isn't up yet
  Synonym:so farthus farup to nowheretoforeas yetyettil nowuntil now

双语例句

• Hitherto we haven't been successful.
  不过目前为止我们还没有成功做到这一点。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• This has hitherto been largely accepted by long-suffering voters; social cohesion still appears surprisingly high.
  到目前为止，该计划已基本上为长期受苦的选民所接受，社会凝聚力似乎仍然高得惊人。
• This creates a cliff effect where markets suddenly fall as investors lose confidence in hitherto safe sovereign assets.
  这制造了一种悬崖效应，市场突然向下坠落，因为投资者对此前安全的主权资产失去信心。
• But hitherto nobody has closed the gap between rigorous theory and broad vision.
  但迄今为止，还没有人能消除严谨理论与现实眼光之间的差距。
• 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。
• But all experiments hitherto made to see whether magnetism has any effect whatsoever on animals have given negative results.
  但是到目前为止所进行的一切旨在弄清磁力对动物究竟有什么影响的试验都给予了否定的回答。