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单词 until
释义 un·til
I. \(ˌ)ən.]|til, _ən]_təl, often ən] after t, d, s, z, often əm after p, b, often əŋ after k, g; sometimes ˈən.təl or |ən.ˌtil or ]|tel\ preposition
Etymology: Middle English, from un- unto, until (akin to Old English ōth, preposition & conjunction, to, up to, until, Old High German unt, preposition, unto, until, Old Norse & Gothic und, preposition, unto, until, Old English end end) + til till — more at end, till
1. chiefly Scotland
 a. — used as a function word to indicate movement to and arrival at a destination
 b. — used as a function word to indicate movement reaching as far as a limit or stopping point
 c. : against
2. chiefly Scotland : to, toward
3. — used as a function word to indicate continuance (as of an action, condition, or state) up to a particular time
 < a tedious task which took until almost ten o'clock that night — M.M.Musselman >
 < the accident remained undiscovered until morning >
4.
 a. — used as a function word after a negative expression to indicate performance or occurence at a specified time
  < the final ordering cannot be achieved until page proof — American Institute of Physics >
 b. : before
  < had barely heard of the mayor until this evening — Nigel Dennis >
II. conjunction
Etymology: Middle English, from until, preposition
1. : up to the time that : till such time as
 < the game continued until it got dark >
2. : before the time that
 < often years pass by until the new ruler is found — Heinrich Harrer >
— often used after a negative or qualified statement
 < had never been able to relax until he took up fishing >
3. : to the point or degree that : so long or so far that
 < would clamber up the stairs until he was breathless — Martha Gellhorn >
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