Hitherto
[hɪðə'tuː;'hɪðətuː] or [,hɪðɚ'tu]
解釋/意思:
(adv.) To this place; to a prescribed limit.
(adv.) Up to this time; as yet; until now.
艾琳編輯
同義詞及近義詞:
ad. Yet, till now, to this time, up to this time, until this time.
校對:马奇
例句/造句/用法:
- Himself has hitherto sufficed to the toil, and the toil draws near its close: his glorious sun hastens to its setting. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Hitherto she had carefully avoided every companion in her rambles. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- It presently dawned upon Mr. Briggs as a richly coloured and creditable fact he had hitherto not observed, that the sun never set on his dominions. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The way to the Secret lay through the mystery, hitherto impenetrable to all of us, of the woman in white. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- This was a combination of state library and state publishing upon a scale hitherto unheard of. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Men have hitherto thought you magnanimous and wise, will you cast aside these titles? 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Great Britain has hitherto suffered her subject and subordinate provinces to disburden themselves upon her of almost this whole expense. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- He is not quite such an ass as I have hitherto supposed. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- After the fall of Carthage the Roman imagination went wild with the hitherto unknown possibilities of finance. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- And even if I have not underrated him hitherto, he may yet turn out well. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- The Bosnian annexation had the further effect of estranging Italy, which had hitherto been his ally. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- My life had hitherto been remarkably secluded and domestic; and this had given me invincible repugnance to new countenances. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- For convenience sake, we have said, hitherto, two _gentlemen_. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- It built up countless acres of hitherto unprofitable land. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The diamond, which is an allotropic form of carbon, has hitherto resisted attempts to reproduce it of sufficient size to have a commercial value. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- This harshness to one like me, who had been hitherto so spoiled and indulged, affected me with the deepest melancholy. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- I had been hitherto, all my life, a stranger to courts, for which I was unqualified by the meanness of my condition. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- I had eaten with relish: the food was good--void of the feverish flavour which had hitherto poisoned what I had swallowed. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Hitherto I have hated to be helped--to be led: henceforth, I feel I shall hate it no more. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- I think we must not set down people's bad actions to their religion, said falcon-faced Mrs. Plymdale, who had been listening hitherto. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- He has hitherto been very unpopular in the neighbourhood; but, mark my words, the tide of opinion will now take a turn in his favour. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Coming from the northeast as they did, they were able to outflank the great barrier of the Taurus Mountains, which had hitherto held back the Moslems. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The Grand Master had hitherto stood astonished at the appearance of so many warriors. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- In certain other respects this primitive Buddhism differed from any of the religions we have hitherto considered. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Unjust, however, as such prohibitions may be, they have not hitherto been very hurtful to the colonies. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- I had hitherto contrived to master my curiosity out of consideration for my companion; but it got the better of me now. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The chances, which had been all against us hitherto, turned from this moment in our favour. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Hitherto Lily had been undisturbed by scruples. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- The hitherto inert and passive mill woke; fire flashed from its empty window-frames; a volley of musketry pealed sharp through the Hollow. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The experience of civilized nations has hitherto been adverse to Socialism. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
校對:马奇