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
- Ah! Most gracious Monsieur heretofore the marquis, where is that emigrant?
啊,最仁慈的前侯爵先生,那外满贵族在哪儿? - But, as no love shall heretofore be wasted.
不过,对他而言,上一辈的爱不会被遗忘。 - 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。 - Heretofore, doctors have tried low fat diets to reduce the cholesterol in the blood.
迄今,医生一直试用低脂肪饮食来降低血液中的胆固醇。 - 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! - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。
