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
- Heretofore unforeseen technical training therefore becomes a requirement in many projects.
因此，技术培训是必需的。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。