heretofore

英 [ˌhɪətuˈfɔː(r)]

美 [ˌhɪrtuˈfɔːr]

adv.  在这之前

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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

• used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time
  1. So far he hasn't called
  2. the sun isn't up yet
  Synonym:so farthus farup to nowhithertoas yetyettil nowuntil now

双语例句

• The purchase represents a change in strategy for BMW, which heretofore has shunned financial ties with suppliers and points to its increased use in future BMWs.
  这标志着宝马做出了战略性的变革，因为宝马过去一向避免与供应商通过财务关系捆绑在一起，同时说明宝马未来会加大对碳纤维的使用。
• These genetic tools are relatively new and have provided researchers with a heretofore unprecedented ways to precisely target and manipulate genetic activity.
  这些遗传工具先对新，为研究者提供迄今为止空前的方法，该方法精确定位和操纵遗传活动。
• 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。
• 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。
• All the pieces line up in different ways than they have heretofore.
  所有的情节碎片将组合起来，展示出和迄今为止不一样的内容。
• 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。
• But, as no love shall heretofore be wasted.
  不过，对他而言，上一辈的爱不会被遗忘。
• The parties heretofore acting as trustee
  在此以前作为受托人的当事人
• 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。
• 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。