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heretofore

英 [ˌhɪətuˈfɔː(r)]

美 [ˌhɪrtuˈfɔːr]

adv.  在这之前

TEM8

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'.
        1. 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。

      英英释义

      adv

      双语例句

      • 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。
      • 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。
      • 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?
      • 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。
      • 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。
      • 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。
      • 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。
      • 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。
      • 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, 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。