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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。
      • 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。