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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The phenomenon has not, though, hitherto been subject to scientific investigation.
  但是到目前为止，还未对这种现象进行科学调查。
• 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。
• In the US accounts were segregated. Thus most funding has hitherto come from London.
  在美国，客户账户和银行账户相互独立，因此迄今为止大部分资金都来自伦敦。
• The computer has been at present already pretty universal, computer knowledge studying has already mentioned hitherto unknown altitude.
  目前计算机已经相当普及，计算机知识的学习已经提到了前所未有的高度。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。