heretofore 详细解释

heretofore

['hiətu'fɔ:]

adv.以前, 迄今为止

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【书】直到此时, 迄今为止, 在这以前

Heretofore, doctors have tried low fat diets to reduce the cholesterol in the blood.

迄今, 医生一直试用低脂肪饮食来降低血液中的胆固醇。

词形变化

副词: heretically | 名词: hereticalness |

词义辨析

同义参见:

ago  formerly  once  back  

英英释义

副词 heretofore:

used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time

同义词：so far, thus far, up to now, hitherto, as yet, yet, til now, until now

补充

heretoforeheretofore英:[ˈhiətuˈfɔ:] 美:[ˈhɪrtəˌfɔr, -ˌfor]adv.1.在此以前Heretofore, we sent out bills on the first of each month.在此以前我们每个月的第一天发账单。

例句

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但尚未做 过研究的因素。 2. The irony of getting her chance to work in a less stimulating environment than heretofore did not escape her.让她有机会到一个迄今为止最无趣的环境工作, 这种让人哭笑不得的状况她不是不知道。 3. diseases that heretofore were usually confined to rural areas.此前通常限于农村地区的疾病。 4. heretofore her writing has never displayed such depth of feeling.她此前的作品还从未表现出如此深厚的情感。 5. This technology has created heretofore unimaginable possibilities.这项工艺创造出此前不可想象的发展前景。

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