heretofore
英 [ˌhɪətuˈfɔː(r)]
美 [ˌhɪrtuˈfɔːr]
adv. 在这之前
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'.- 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。
- They reported that clouds are an important and heretofore uninvestigated contributor to the climate.
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
- 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。 - Oh Monsieur heretofore the Marquis, I pray you be you true to me!
啊，前侯爵先生，我祈祷你也以真诚待我！ - I shall need, therefore, all the indulgence which I have heretofore experienced from my constituents;
因此，我需要至今以来从我的选民中得到的所有谅解； - Then in the middle of the nineteenth century the heretofore impervious wall of Chinese isolation was breached by the west.
到了十九世纪中叶，西方突破了中国孤立的墙壁，那在以前是不可逾越的。 - All the pieces line up in different ways than they have heretofore.
所有的情节碎片将组合起来，展示出和迄今为止不一样的内容。 - Gardening? Whether backyard or balcony? Fills a heretofore unmet need.
不管是在庭院或是阳台，园艺都填补了人们迄今未曾得到满足的需求。 - Heretofore the merchant has sold goods on credit, but from this time he will sell only for cash.
以前那商人赊账卖东西，但从今以后他将以现金买卖。 - 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。 - 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。 - And the melancholy brook would add this other tale to the mystery with which its little heart was already overburdened, and whereof it still kept up a murmuring babble, with not a whit more cheerfulness of tone than for ages heretofore.
而这条忧郁的小溪也将在它那已经过于沉重的小小心灵中再加上另一个神秘的故事，它将继续潺潺向前，悄声低语，其音调比起先前的多少世纪绝不会有半点欢快。