| 词汇 | until |
| 释义 | untilUK:*/ʌnˈtɪl/US:/ʌnˈtɪl/ ,(un til′)UK-RP:UK-Yorkshire:Irish:Scottish:US Southern:Jamaican: 主要翻译 until prep (with a noun: up to a point in time)直到…时；到…为止Stephen was at the bar until closing. They waited until the party to announce the big news.斯蒂芬一直在酒吧呆到关门。usage: used as prepositionsIf you do something until or till a particular time, you stop doing it at that time.He continued to teach until his death in 1960.I said I'd work till 4 p.m.If you want to emphasize that something does not stop before the time you mention, you can use up until, up till, or up to. Up until 1950 coal provided over 90% of our energy needs.Eleanor had not up till then taken part in the discussion.Up to now they've had very little money.If something does not happen until or till a particular time, it does not happen before that time.Details will not be available until January.We didn't get back till two. until conj (with clause: up to a point in time)到…为止；在...之前Ali lived with his aunt and uncle until he was eighteen.在十八岁之前，他一直与自己的姑姑和姑父住在一起。 until conj (with a clause: before a point in time)直到…才；在...之前Lauren waited until Dan had finished before she spoke. You can't drive until you are sixteen in the U.S.劳伦一直等到丹把话说完才开口。在美国，你在年满十六岁之前不能开车。 until prep (with a noun: as far as a place)直到（某个地点）You need to stay on the Tube until Kings Cross, then change to a different line.你需要乘坐地铁直到国王十字站，然后换乘另一条线。 复合形式： not until conj (only when, only after)直到Not until your homework and your chores are finished may you watch TV. till kingdom come, 'til kingdom come, until kingdom come adv figurative (forever, eternity)永远Give her a ring to see if she's on her way, otherwise we could be here till kingdom come. to the bitter end, until the bitter end expr (until the difficult end of [sth]) (比喻，艰难之事)到底，到最终They vowed to fight to the bitter end. until all hours, till all hours, to all hours adv (until late at night)很晚；深夜 until further notice expr (until next announcement)直至另行通知, 在另行通知前The restaurant will be closed until further notice. until next time adv (goodbye)下次再见；再会 until now adv (up to the present moment)迄今为止；直到现在；到目前为止I'd never considered that perspective until now. until recently adv (up to a short while ago)直到最近I worked as a teacher until recently, when I opened my own business. until the last minute adv (to the final possible moment)等到最后一刻；等到火烧眉毛才做某事Don't wait until the last minute to buy your Christmas presents. until then adv (up to that point in the past) (指过去某一时刻)直到那时；此前He got married when he was 40. Until then he always lived alone.他40岁结婚，此前，他一直都独居。 until then adv (before a specified point in the future) (指未来某一时刻)在（未来）某一刻到来之前，直到那时He's going to start school in the fall. Until then he'll live at home.他秋季就要入学了，直到那时他都会住在家里。 until today adv (prior to this day)直到今天，今天以前 until we meet again, Until we meet again! interj (goodbye for now)再会；下次再见 until we meet again expr (for now, until our next meeting)直到我们再次相遇Please take care of my sister until we meet again. up until prep (in the time before)到…为止Up until today this has never been a problem. |
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