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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

      • 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。