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hitherto adv.到目前为止；迄今 (1) 到目前为止，这是先进的方法。(2) 迄今我虽然失去了全部的时日。(3) 迄今我仍在戈费雷处用膳。 When some particular situation has existed so far, up until the moment that you're speaking of, you can use the word hitherto to talk about it. You could say that you're taking a hot air balloon ride that you were hitherto too scared to contemplate, or that a very shy girl in your philosophy class who was hitherto totally silent finally spoke up today and asked a very intelligent question.

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英 [ˌhɪðə'tuː] 美 [ˌhɪðər'tuː] (1) Hitherto, this is the advanced method.(2) For hitherto though I have lost all my time.(3) I had hitherto continued to board with Godfrey. Use the adverb hitherto when you're describing a state or circumstance that existed up until now. If you find a hitherto undiscovered hidden tunnel in your cellar, you're the first to discover it. 1[ADV 副词]迄今；到目前为止 You use hitherto to indicate that something was true up until the time you are talking about, although it may no longer be the case.   [ADV after v]  [FORMAL 正式]The polytechnics have hitherto been at an unfair disadvantage in competing for pupils and money...到目前为止，理工专科学校在争取生源和资金方面一直处于劣势。Hitherto, the main emphasis has been on the need to resist aggression...迄今为止，一直重点强调的是要抵抗侵略。The helicopter is the first in the world to be designed to serve three hitherto very distinct markets.这款直升机是世界上首批为满足3个迄今为止完全不同的市场而设计的机型。

英语单词	hitherto
英美音标	英 [ˌhɪðə'tuː] 美 [ˌhɪðər'tuː]
中文释义	adv.到目前为止；迄今
英语例句	(1) Hitherto, this is the advanced method. (2) For hitherto though I have lost all my time. (3) I had hitherto continued to board with Godfrey.
中文例句	(1) 到目前为止，这是先进的方法。 (2) 迄今我虽然失去了全部的时日。 (3) 迄今我仍在戈费雷处用膳。
vocabulary简明	Use the adverb hitherto when you're describing a state or circumstance that existed up until now. If you find a hitherto undiscovered hidden tunnel in your cellar, you're the first to discover it.
vocabulary扩展	When some particular situation has existed so far, up until the moment that you're speaking of, you can use the word hitherto to talk about it. You could say that you're taking a hot air balloon ride that you were hitherto too scared to contemplate, or that a very shy girl in your philosophy class who was hitherto totally silent finally spoke up today and asked a very intelligent question.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADV 副词]迄今；到目前为止 You use hitherto to indicate that something was true up until the time you are talking about, although it may no longer be the case. [ADV after v] [FORMAL 正式] The polytechnics have hitherto been at an unfair disadvantage in competing for pupils and money... 到目前为止，理工专科学校在争取生源和资金方面一直处于劣势。 Hitherto, the main emphasis has been on the need to resist aggression... 迄今为止，一直重点强调的是要抵抗侵略。 The helicopter is the first in the world to be designed to serve three hitherto very distinct markets. 这款直升机是世界上首批为满足3个迄今为止完全不同的市场而设计的机型。

Hitherto I Existed 英 ˌhɪðə'Tuː] 美 ˌhɪðər'tuː Adv.到目前为止；迄今 Advanced