heretofore

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源自中古英語 heretoforn,等價於here (這裡) + toforn (之前),源自古英語 toforan (之前)。還見heretofore

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heretofore (不可比)

  1. (正式temporal) 迄今目前為止
    近義詞: hitherto;亦參見Thesaurus:hitherto
    反義詞: hereafterhenceforth
    We now make available these works which were heretofore unpublished.
    我們將發布這些迄今都未出版過的作品。
    • 有關本詞的更多用例,請參閱Citations:heretofore
    • 1948 September and October, 「Railway Literature」, 出自 Railway Magazine,頁號 351:
      The Permanent Way: Britain's Railroads in the Making. By Horace Greenleaf and G. Tyers. [] There is no doubt that the permanent way has failed heretofore to attract popular interest to an extent comparable with its importance, but possibly the publicity given recently to various forms of experiment is tending to change this.
      (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
  2. (metatextual)上文
    近義詞: hereinbefore
    反義詞: hereafterhenceforthhereinafter
    同類詞: hereinelsewhere
    heretofore referred to as
    在上文中稱作
    heretofore mentioned
    前文提到的

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Here-, there-, and where- words