hitherto

adv.

1. 迄今；直到某时
   until now; until the particular time you are talking about
   1. a hitherto unknown species of moth
      迄今仍属未知种类的蛾

1. ADV 迄今;到目前为止
   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.
   1. The polytechnics have hitherto been at an unfair disadvantage in competing for pupils and money...
      到目前为止，理工专科学校在争取生源和资金方面一直处于劣势。
   2. Hitherto, the main emphasis has been on the need to resist aggression...
      迄今为止，一直重点强调的是要抵抗侵略。
   3. The helicopter is the first in the world to be designed to serve three hitherto very distinct markets.
      这款直升机是世界上首批为满足3个迄今为止完全不同的市场而设计的机型。

1. The polytechnics have hitherto been at an unfair disadvantage in competing for pupils and money
   到目前为止，理工专科学校在争取生源和资金方面一直处于劣势。
2. Hitherto, the main emphasis has been on the need to resist aggression
   迄今为止，一直重点强调的是要抵抗侵略。
3. The helicopter is the first in the world to be designed to serve three hitherto very distinct markets.
   这款直升机是世界上首批为满足3个迄今为止完全不同的市场而设计的机型。
4. The work fills ( in) a gap which has hitherto existed in our archaeological literature.
   这部著作填补了我国考古学文献中的一个空白。
5. Hitherto she had felt no dread with regard to the coming interview.
   先前，她对于即将进行的会谈并不感到害怕。
6. It has been said of the world's history hitherto that might makes right.
   亚伯拉罕·林肯：迄今，关于世界的历史，人们一直说强权即公理，现在应该让我们，让我们这个时代，来颠倒这种说法，让我们说：公理即强权。
7. Whether they were alive or not, this was a riddle hitherto unknown.
   他们是生是死，迄今还是一个谜。
8. Should he remain the sort of father, half seen but respected, which he had hitherto been?
   和以往一样当作一个偶尔见见面但受到敬重的父亲？他能泰然进入珂赛特的家里去吗？
9. Hitherto he had thought it was some fiend fighting him, but darker suspicions assailed him now.
   胡克一直以为和他作战的是个恶魔，可是现在，他起了更晦暗的疑心。
10. China, then, would share a central role in a system hitherto dominated overwhelmingly by the US dollar.
    中国将在一个迄今由美元占据压倒性主导地位的体系中分享核心角色。
11. Modern technology has solved so many hitherto insoluble problems.
    现代技术解决了很多迄今解决不了的问题。
12. This is a fact hitherto unknown.
    这是一个至今无人知道的事实。
13. But hitherto nobody has closed the gap between rigorous theory and broad vision.
    但迄今为止，还没有人能消除严谨理论与现实眼光之间的差距。
14. And even if I have not underrated him hitherto, he may yet turn out well.
    即使我没有低估他，他以后兴许还是会变好的。
15. This has hitherto been largely accepted by long-suffering voters; social cohesion still appears surprisingly high.
    到目前为止，该计划已基本上为长期受苦的选民所接受，社会凝聚力似乎仍然高得惊人。
16. Hitherto he had experienced no great success in his attempt.
    到目前为止，他的这种尝试还没有取得任何重大的成功。
17. The computer has been at present already pretty universal, computer knowledge studying has already mentioned hitherto unknown altitude.
    目前计算机已经相当普及，计算机知识的学习已经提到了前所未有的高度。
18. I confess that I have hitherto indulged very little in philanthropic enterprises.
    我承认，直到现在，我很少从事慈善事业。
19. This latter way is the true one, but hitherto untried.
    这后一种方法是真实的，但尚未有人试用过。
20. Its scientists have hitherto made individual contributions.
    迄今为止，印度科学家已经对IPCC做出了个人的贡献。
21. Hitherto we haven't been successful.
    不过目前为止我们还没有成功做到这一点。
22. For hitherto though I have lost all my time.
    迄今我虽然失去了全部的时日。
23. In the US accounts were segregated. Thus most funding has hitherto come from London.
    在美国，客户账户和银行账户相互独立，因此迄今为止大部分资金都来自伦敦。
24. Hitherto he had been held in check by the controlling interference of congress.
    至今，他还是被控制干涉国会控制。
25. This creates a cliff effect where markets suddenly fall as investors lose confidence in hitherto safe sovereign assets.
    这制造了一种悬崖效应，市场突然向下坠落，因为投资者对此前安全的主权资产失去信心。
26. She has hitherto been relatively nice to me.
    她至今对我还算不错。
27. Our studies thus reveal a hitherto undiscovered novel pathway that controls cold adaptation in rice.
    我们的研究结果揭示了迄今为止尚未发现的新的通路控制水稻对冷胁迫的适应。
28. Hitherto, it has not been possible to envision a peace settlement.
    到目前为止，还没有一个可能的和平解决的构想。
29. The phenomenon has not, though, hitherto been subject to scientific investigation.
    但是到目前为止，还未对这种现象进行科学调查。
30. But all experiments hitherto made to see whether magnetism has any effect whatsoever on animals have given negative results.
    但是到目前为止所进行的一切旨在弄清磁力对动物究竟有什么影响的试验都给予了否定的回答。

adv

1. used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time
   1. So far he hasn't called
   2. the sun isn't up yet

   Synonym:    so farthus farup to nowheretoforeas yetyettil nowuntil now