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单词 hitherto
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Definition of hitherto in English:

hitherto

adverb hɪðəˈtuːˈhɪðətuːˌhɪðərˈtu
  • Until now or until the point in time under discussion.

    迄今为止,到某时为止

    hitherto part of French West Africa, Benin achieved independence in 1960

    贝宁于1960年赢得独立,此前一直是法属西非的一部分。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Yet their forwards finally found a bit of tempo and Rory Lawson began to make linkages which had hitherto been absent.
    • We soon discovered why that part of town was hitherto unknown to me.
    • They were forced to call on the coalition partners whose presence they had hitherto ignored.
    • He discovered a hitherto undetected fracture and packed me off to North Shore Hospital.
    • But he has unwittingly made plain what only a few radicals and Marxists have hitherto suspected.
    • Was it a smoke screen for some secret hitherto undisclosed strategy?
    • The company has launched a project to bring wines hitherto unknown in Hong Kong on to the market there.
    • The way is hard and long, but I feel that we have been set upon the right road towards that hitherto unreachable Nirvana.
    • New technology means it is worthwhile extracting oil from fields hitherto economically unviable.
    • The DVD also contains 20 minutes of hitherto unseen footage and four extra tracks.
    • As someone who has hitherto needed to reject one thing before moving on to another, Juliet is on her mettle, and she knows it.
    • That may be because, hitherto, it has been a hard building to envisage.
    • Some days yield nothing by way of new information and fresh leads, while others open avenues hitherto blocked.
    • McLeish is now secure enough in his own position to be able to straight bat these, hitherto, distractions.
    • When he returns, the new firm will be due to launch and he'll be out looking for the bigger deals that have hitherto eluded him.
    • Perhaps it is a hitherto uncovered area of Swinney's policy revolution.
    • He was billeted at her home where her seven brothers had hitherto protected her from any approach by potential suitors.
    • Preliminary results already suggest the battle was fought over a much bigger area than hitherto suspected.
    • Another factor hitherto unnoticed now comes into the force, tipping the balance.
    • The galvanising effect on the hitherto moribund Mavericks was immediate.
    Synonyms
    previously, formerly, earlier, so far, thus far, before, beforehand, to date, as yet
    until now, until then, up until now, up until then, till now, till then, up to now, up to then
    rare heretofore

Rhymes

accrue, adieu, ado, anew, Anjou, aperçu, askew, ballyhoo, bamboo, bedew, bestrew, billet-doux, blew, blue, boo, boohoo, brew, buckaroo, canoe, chew, clew, clou, clue, cock-a-doodle-doo, cockatoo, construe, coo, Corfu, coup, crew, Crewe, cru, cue, déjà vu, derring-do, dew, didgeridoo, do, drew, due, endue, ensue, eschew, feu, few, flew, flu, flue, foreknew, glue, gnu, goo, grew, halloo, hereto, hew, Hindu, how-do-you-do, hue, Hugh, hullabaloo, imbrue, imbue, jackaroo, Jew, kangaroo, Karroo, Kathmandu, kazoo, Kiangsu, knew, Kru, K2, kung fu, Lahu, Lanzhou, Lao-tzu, lasso, lieu, loo, Lou, Manchu, mangetout, mew, misconstrue, miscue, moo, moue, mu, nardoo, new, non-U, nu, ooh, outdo, outflew, outgrew, peekaboo, Peru, pew, plew, Poitou, pooh, pooh-pooh, potoroo, pursue, queue, revue, roo, roux, rue, Selous, set-to, shampoo, shih-tzu, shoe, shoo, shrew, Sioux, skean dhu, skew, skidoo, slew, smew, snafu, sou, spew, sprue, stew, strew, subdue, sue, switcheroo, taboo, tattoo, thereto, thew, threw, thro, through, thru, tickety-boo, Timbuktu, tiramisu, to, to-do, too, toodle-oo, true, true-blue, tu-whit tu-whoo, two, vendue, view, vindaloo, virtu, wahoo, wallaroo, Waterloo, well-to-do, whereto, whew, who, withdrew, woo, Wu, yew, you, zoo

Definition of hitherto in US English:

hitherto

adverbˌhɪðərˈtuˌhiT͟Hərˈto͞o
  • Until now or until the point in time under discussion.

    迄今为止,到某时为止

    there is a need to replace what has hitherto been a haphazard method of payment
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The DVD also contains 20 minutes of hitherto unseen footage and four extra tracks.
    • Some days yield nothing by way of new information and fresh leads, while others open avenues hitherto blocked.
    • The company has launched a project to bring wines hitherto unknown in Hong Kong on to the market there.
    • That may be because, hitherto, it has been a hard building to envisage.
    • Was it a smoke screen for some secret hitherto undisclosed strategy?
    • But he has unwittingly made plain what only a few radicals and Marxists have hitherto suspected.
    • Another factor hitherto unnoticed now comes into the force, tipping the balance.
    • The way is hard and long, but I feel that we have been set upon the right road towards that hitherto unreachable Nirvana.
    • He was billeted at her home where her seven brothers had hitherto protected her from any approach by potential suitors.
    • New technology means it is worthwhile extracting oil from fields hitherto economically unviable.
    • Preliminary results already suggest the battle was fought over a much bigger area than hitherto suspected.
    • We soon discovered why that part of town was hitherto unknown to me.
    • He discovered a hitherto undetected fracture and packed me off to North Shore Hospital.
    • Yet their forwards finally found a bit of tempo and Rory Lawson began to make linkages which had hitherto been absent.
    • They were forced to call on the coalition partners whose presence they had hitherto ignored.
    • Perhaps it is a hitherto uncovered area of Swinney's policy revolution.
    • McLeish is now secure enough in his own position to be able to straight bat these, hitherto, distractions.
    • As someone who has hitherto needed to reject one thing before moving on to another, Juliet is on her mettle, and she knows it.
    • The galvanising effect on the hitherto moribund Mavericks was immediate.
    • When he returns, the new firm will be due to launch and he'll be out looking for the bigger deals that have hitherto eluded him.
    Synonyms
    previously, formerly, earlier, so far, thus far, before, beforehand, to date, as yet
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