hitherto

英语

词源

源自中古英语 hiderto，对应英语中hither +‎ to。

发音

• (英国) 国际音标^(帮助): /ˈhɪðəˌtuː/, /ˌhɪðəˈtuː/, [ˈhɪðəˌtʰuː], [ˌhɪðəˈtʰuː]
• (美国) 国际音标^(帮助): /ˈhɪðɚˌtu/, /ˌhɪðɚˈtu/, [ˈhɪðɚˌtʰu], [ˌhɪðɚˈtʰu]

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副词

hitherto (不可比)

1. (正式，亦法律) 迄今，目前为止
   • 1830, Anna Maria Porter, The Barony, 第 3 卷，第 460 页:

     The exhaustless conjecturings of that evening's full conversation, made such of the small party, as had hitherto been strangers, well acquainted with each other's turn of mind […]

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   • 2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, 出自 World Englishes，第 124 页:

     The results of this study argue for a greater endonormativity in Indian English than has hitherto been recognised.

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   • 2021年10月20日, Paul Stephen, “Leisure and pleasure on the Far North Line”, 出自 RAIL, 第 942 期，第 49 页:

     North of Tain [...], the line reaches the southern shore of Dornoch Firth. Here, the railway and the A9 trunk road, which have hitherto run close together, diverge.

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   近义词：up to now、heretofore；亦参见Thesaurus:hitherto

   反义词：from now on、henceforth；亦参见Thesaurus:henceforth

相关词汇

• thitherto
• whitherto

参考资料

• “hitherto”，Lexico，Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press，2019–present年.