heretofore
英 [ˌhɪətuˈfɔː(r)]
美 [ˌhɪrtuˈfɔːr]
adv. 在这之前
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'.- 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。
- They reported that clouds are an important and heretofore uninvestigated contributor to the climate.
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
- So far he hasn't called
- the sun isn't up yet
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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Heretofore the merchant has sold goods on credit, but from this time he will sell only for cash.
以前那商人赊账卖东西,但从今以后他将以现金买卖。 - Then in the middle of the nineteenth century the heretofore impervious wall of Chinese isolation was breached by the west.
到了十九世纪中叶,西方突破了中国孤立的墙壁,那在以前是不可逾越的。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Moreover, international law has confirmed the legitimacy of restriction on sovereignty, stretching its scope to domestic affairs and relatively narrowing the sovereignty heretofore exercised.
另一方面,确认主权限制的合法性,将国际法的调整范围扩展至国家管辖领域,相对缩小了主权的行使范围,限制了对内最高权的行使。