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单词 heretofore
释义
heretoforehere‧to‧fore /ˌhɪətʊˈfɔː $ ˈhɪrtʊfɔːr/ adverb formal Word Origin
WORD ORIGINheretofore
Origin:
1300-1400 here + tofore ‘before’ (11-17 centuries) (from Old English toforan)
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • The four-volume set includes old favorites as well as heretofore unreleased material.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • B-52s went all-out, bombing vital targets that were heretofore untouched, such as Haiphong Harbor.
  • I can be of more service vis-à-vis your ambitions than I have heretofore.
  • One has to begin to view oneself entirely differently from the way one has considered oneself heretofore.
  • The man-in-the-moon face had always heretofore been tilted a little downward with an expression of compassion.
  • This year, the draft will present a situation that heretofore has not existed, and it promises to generate confrontations galore.
  • We have to allow the impressions a chance to be received by our minds differently, not as heretofore.
before this time:  In recent years, we have seen greater emphasis than heretofore on the voice of the consumer.
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