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
- : 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.
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