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
- 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。 - 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！ - Of the complicated European systems of national polity we have heretofore been independent.
在复杂的欧洲各国体系中，我们保持独立。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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； - I have lost much time, and chosen badly heretofore, but let that pass; I was ignorant then, and could but take for best what seemed so.
我要买，买！以前我做错了选择，失去了许多时间，就让它过去吧；当时我很无知，我只能选我觉得最好的东西。 - The purchase represents a change in strategy for BMW, which heretofore has shunned financial ties with suppliers and points to its increased use in future BMWs.
这标志着宝马做出了战略性的变革，因为宝马过去一向避免与供应商通过财务关系捆绑在一起，同时说明宝马未来会加大对碳纤维的使用。 - 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。 - Your work heretofore has been done with the help of your conscious mind alone.
至今为止你所做成功的所有事情都是你的意识思想所至。