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
- They are trying to bring into their sphere of influence countries that heretofore they have not been able to control.
要控制这些国家，把过去不能控制的国家纳入他们的势力范围。 - 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 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。 - Besides, they begin to mention faith, of which there was heretofore marvelous silence.
此外，他们开始提到的信仰，其中有迄今为止了不起的沉默。 - But, as no love shall heretofore be wasted.
不过，对他而言，上一辈的爱不会被遗忘。 - 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。 - 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。 - While EVMS is compatible with your existing storage arrangement, it also offers new, heretofore unavailable capabilities.
EVMS不但与您现有的存储管理兼容，而且还提供了新的、您迄今为止未曾获得的功能。 - 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。 - 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。