| 单词 | hitherto |
| 释义 | hitherto (hɪðəʳtuː ) adverb [ADVERB after verb, ADVERB adjective/-ed] You use hitherto to indicate that something was true up until the time you are talking about, although it may no longer be the case. [formal] As a result, workers who had hitherto been reliable now neglected their work. Hitherto, the main emphasis has been on the need to resist aggression. The consumer boom had made many hitherto scarce goods more readily available. Synonyms: previously, so far, until now, thus far Collocations: hitherto unknown In this alien environment, the smug sexists begin to develop such hitherto unknown life skills as emotional sensitivity, empathy and a mean backwards somersault. Times, Sunday Times Outsiders found themselves in a hitherto unknown world that sometimes appeared frozen in the past. Times, Sunday Times The sheer volume of material unleashed and hoarded by the internet has given curation, selection and navigation a hitherto unknown prominence. The Times Literary Supplement Those who swear non-stop may feel a hitherto unknown element of self-consciousness. Times,Sunday Times But when scores of people replied to his tweet within just a few minutes, he recognised a hitherto unknown demand for vituperative postal messages. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 迄今 Japanese: 今まで |
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