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I Time Till Wait Waited ənˈtɪl Tense Don’t

The word "until" is used as a preposition or conjunction to indicate a point in time or an event that marks the end of a period or action. It signals that something continues up to that specific time before stopping or changing.

The word "until" is used as a preposition or conjunction to indicate a point in time or an event that marks the end of a period or action. It signals that something continues up to that specific time before stopping or changing.

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/ʌntɪ̱l/
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[PREP 介词]直至;直到;在…之前 If something happens until a particular time, it happens during the period before that time and stops at that time.
  [PREP n/prep]
  [CONJ after neg]
  • Until 1982 he was senior lecturer in botany at Durham University.

    1982年以前他一直是达勒姆大学生物系的高级讲师。

  • ...consumers who have waited until after the Christmas holiday to do that holiday shopping.

    等到过完圣诞节才进行节日采购的顾客

  • Until is also a conjunction.
    • I waited until it got dark...

      我一直等到天黑。

    • Stir with a metal spoon until the sugar has dissolved.

      用金属调羹搅拌至糖融化。

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[PREP 介词](与否定词连用)直到…之前,直到…为止,除非 You use until with a negative to emphasize the moment in time after which the rest of your statement becomes true, or the condition which would make it true.
  [PREP after neg]
  • The traffic laws don't take effect until the end of the year...

    交通法要到年底才生效。

  • It was not until 1911 that the first of the vitamins was identified.

    直到1911年才发现了第一种维生素。

  • Until is also a conjunction.
    • The EU will not lift its sanctions until that country makes political changes.

      除非该国实施政治改革,否则欧盟将不会解除制裁。

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    Usage Note :

    Note that you only use until or till when you are talking about time. You do not use these words to talk about place or position. Instead, you should use as far as or up to. Then you'll be riding with us as far as the village?... We walked up to where his bicycle was.

    注意,until和till只能用于谈论时间。谈论地点或位置时应用as far as 或 up to:Then you'll be riding with us as far as the village(那么你会坐我们的车一直坐到那个村庄吗),We walked up to where his bicycle was(我们一直走到他放自行车的地方)。


    Oxford until / ənˈtɪl ; NAmE ənˈtɪl / conjunction , preposition ( also informal till , til , 'til ) up to the point in time or the event mentioned 到…时;直到…为止 Let's wait until the rain stops. 咱们等雨停了吧。 Until she spoke I hadn't realized she wasn't English. 直到她开口说话我才知道她不是英国人。 You're not going out until you've finished this. 你没把这事做完就不准出去。 Until now I have always lived alone. 直到现在,我一直独自生活。 They moved here in 2009. Until then they'd always been in the London area. 他们 2009 年搬到这里,之前一直住在伦敦地区。 He continued working up untilhis death. 他一直工作到去世。 The street is full of traffic from morning till night. 街上从早到晚车水马龙。 You can stay on the bus until London (= until you reach London). 你可以不用下车,直到公车到达伦敦为止。 until / ənˈtɪl ; NAmE ənˈtɪl /
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    untilun‧til /ʌnˈtɪl, ən-/ ●●● S1 W1 preposition, conjunction
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    1if something happens until a particular time, it continues and then stops at that time:  The ticket is valid until March. He waited until she had finished speaking. Until recently, Anna worked as a teacher in Japan. Up until last year, they didn’t even own a car.2 not until used to emphasize that something does not happen before a certain point in time or before something else has happened:  ‘Can I go out and play now?’ ‘Not until you’ve done your homework.’ It was not until 1972 that the war finally came to an end.RegisterIn everyday English, people often say till rather than until:· I’ll wait till you get back.GRAMMAR: Choosing the right tenseYou use the simple present tense with until: · I will wait until I hear from you.Don’t use ‘will’ in the clause after until. Don’t say: I will wait until I will hear from you.You can also use the present perfect tense with until: · I will wait until I have heard from you.· Stir until the sugar has dissolved. Don’t say: until I will have heard from you | until the sugar will have dissolvedYou can also use the past perfect tense with until: · I waited until the train had left the station.Grammar guide ‒ VERBSUSAGE: Until now, so farYou usually use until now when a situation has just ended or changed: · I have never thought about it until now (=but now I have thought about it).You use so far when a situation has not changed: · We don't have any news about him so far. Don’t say: We don't have any news about him until now.
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    [ənˈtɪl]

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    直到…为止(30%),在...之前(20%),在...以前(20%),直到...的程度(10%),直到 ... 的时候(10%),直到 ... 时候才 ...(10%)
    prep.在…以前;到…为止
    conj.在…以前;直到…时

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