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thitherto

/thith-er-too, thith-, thith-er-too, thith-/US // ˌθɪð ərˈtu, ˌðɪð-, ˈθɪð ərˌtu, ˈðɪð- //UK // (ˌðɪðəˈtuː, ˈðɪðəˌtuː) //

到目前为止,到此为止,至此

Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : up to that time; until then.

Examples

  • Thitherto he had been able to devote a large portion of the time not given to official duties to his friend.

  • Six years later the 2d was to receive the much-desired number which had thitherto belonged to the 1st.

  • Josiah had to stand the hectoring and nagging that thitherto had been distributed among many.

  • At various times and places thitherto men had experimented with sugar growing and manufacture, with varying degrees of success.

  • Money, now become necessary, created thitherto unknown forms of indebtedness.