heretofore

英 [ˌhɪətuˈfɔː(r)]

美 [ˌhɪrtuˈfɔːr]

adv.  在这之前

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BNC.38480 / COCA.16177

牛津词典

adv.

• 在这之前
  before this time

柯林斯词典

• ADV 此前;迄今
  Heretoforemeans 'before this time' or 'up to now'.
  1. They reported that clouds are an important and heretofore uninvestigated contributor to the climate.
     他们报告说，云是影响气候的一个重要因素，但迄今为止没有进行过研究。

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 nowhithertoas yetyettil nowuntil now

双语例句

• Moreover, international law has confirmed the legitimacy of restriction on sovereignty, stretching its scope to domestic affairs and relatively narrowing the sovereignty heretofore exercised.
  另一方面，确认主权限制的合法性，将国际法的调整范围扩展至国家管辖领域，相对缩小了主权的行使范围，限制了对内最高权的行使。
• He argued, with more passion than heretofore, for the abolition of the tax.
  他用了迄今为止的最大热情，竭力争辩取消此税的主张。
• It was the same town as heretofore; but the same minister returned not from the forest.
  镇子还是原来的镇子；但从林中归来的牧师却不同了。
• Whispered melanie, staring uncertainly at the embattled doctor who heretofore had been perfect in her eyes.
  媚兰低声说，疑惑地凝视着那位早已设防的大夫，而他在她眼中一直是个完美无缺的人物。
• Heretofore Peter had not been fitted to do this, or even to understand its importance.
  在以前，彼得还不配作这种工作，甚至还不明白其重要性。
• Heretofore all the campus gossip had seemed merely malicious and disrespectful.
  在这以前，学校里的一切流言蜚语似乎纯粹是恶意的、无礼的。
• We've shown that the juice of these melons is a source of readily fermentable sugars, representing a heretofore untapped feedstock for ethanol biofuel production, he said.
  他说：我们发现西瓜汁中含有易发酵糖，这种原料在乙醇生物燃料的生产中尚未被利用过。
• Prynne shall hereafter BE more amenable to just authority than you may have found her heretofore.
  而且我还向你保证，白兰太太将从此遵从执法长官，不会再象原先那样了。
• Heretofore unforeseen technical training therefore becomes a requirement in many projects.
  因此，技术培训是必需的。
• These genetic tools are relatively new and have provided researchers with a heretofore unprecedented ways to precisely target and manipulate genetic activity.
  这些遗传工具先对新，为研究者提供迄今为止空前的方法，该方法精确定位和操纵遗传活动。