• adv. 迄今；至今

hither,這里，to,向。引申詞義迄今。

hitherto (adv.)

c. 1200, from hither + to.

1. a hitherto unknown species of moth

迄今仍屬未知種類的蛾

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

2. Hitherto he had experienced no great success in his attempt.

到目前為止,他的嘗試還沒獲得成功.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. The polytechnics have hitherto been at an unfair disadvantage in competing for pupils and money.

到目前為止，理工?？茖W(xué)校在爭取生源和資金方面一直處于劣勢。

來自柯林斯例句

4. She discovered a world of parties and pleasure she had hitherto only known by hearsay.

她發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個以前只是略有聽聞的花花世界.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. The work fills ( in ) a gap which has hitherto existed in our archaeological literature.

這部著作填補了我國考古學(xué)文獻(xiàn)中的一個空白.

來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》