heretofore是什么意思？

heretofore

英[ˌhɪətuˈfɔ:(r)] 美[ˌhɪrtuˈfɔ(r)]

• adv. 在此以前；

例句

• Heretofore, we sent out bills on the first of each month. 在此以前我们每个月的第一天发账单。
• Oh Monsieur heretofore the Marquis, I pray you be you true to me! 啊,前侯爵先生, 我祈祷你也以真诚待我!
• Heretofore all the campus gossip had seemed merely malicious and disrespectful. 在这以前,学校里的一切流言蜚语似乎纯粹是恶意的、无礼的.
• A disruption of the Federal Union, heretofore only menaced, is now formidably attempted. 分裂联邦, 以前还只是一种威胁, 现在却已变成令人生畏的行动.
• ' Ah! most gracious Monsieur heretofore the Marquis, where is that emigrant? 啊, 最仁慈的前侯爵先生, 那外满贵族在哪儿?
• They reported that clouds are an important and heretofore uninvestigated contributor to the climate. 他们报告说，云是影响气候的一个重要因素，但迄今为止没有进行过研究。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADV
  此前;迄今
  Heretofore means 'before this time' or 'up to now'.
  例句
  They reported that clouds are an important and heretofore uninvestigated contributor to the climate. 他们报告说，云是影响气候的一个重要因素，但迄今为止没有进行过研究。

英汉词典释义

• adv.
  在此以前
  Heretofore, we sent out bills on the first of each month. 在此以前我们每个月的第一天发账单。

英英词典释义

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