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
- 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。 - 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？ - 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。 - 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。 - When employed to engrave names on silver spoons, he now omitted a variety of fanciful flourishes that had heretofore distinguished his work in this kind.
当他为顾客在银匙上刻姓名时，他不再用构成他以前这类作品特色的各种别出心裁的花体字了。 - 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。 - Moreover, international law has confirmed the legitimacy of restriction on sovereignty, stretching its scope to domestic affairs and relatively narrowing the sovereignty heretofore exercised.
另一方面，确认主权限制的合法性，将国际法的调整范围扩展至国家管辖领域，相对缩小了主权的行使范围，限制了对内最高权的行使。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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！