until
英[ənˈtɪl]
美[ʌnˈtɪl]
例句
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The boy was kept in until 6 o'clock.
这小孩被留校, 一直到六点。
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His mother kept him in until he had finished his homework.
他母亲把他关在家里, 直到他做完家庭作业。
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We must hang out until help arrives.
我们必须坚持下去, 直到得到援助。
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They danced and danced until a lot of us joined in.
他们不停地跳着舞, 直到我们中间许多人都参加了进去。
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We can't move in until next month.
我们直到下个月才能搬进去。
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Jim was running well until he tipped up and fell, losing the race.
比赛中吉姆一直跑得很好, 可后来跌倒在地, 输了比赛。
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They sat out until the sun went in.
他们一直在户外坐到太阳钻入云层。
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I scraped by borrowing from my relations until my next check arrived.
在另一张支票寄来以前, 我一直从亲戚那里借钱勉强度日。
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There's not much point in a meeting until he has something definite to put on the table.
直到他有些明确的想法提出之前, 会议都没有什么意义。
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The children ate until no food remained on the table.
孩子们吃个不停, 直到桌上的东西都吃个精光。
英语四级真题
But chariots maintained their place in parades and triumphs right up until the end of the Roman Empire 1,500 years later.
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But steamships didn't lose their sails until the 1880s, because early marine engines had a nasty habit of breaking down
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Until ships became large enough (and engines small enough) to mount two engines side by side, they needed to keep sails.
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英语六级真题
The first is"If I purchase a corporate bond,do I have to hold it until the maturity date?
出自-2014年6月阅读原文
Look for New York in the left-hand column and follow it across until you find the hour listed in the Boston column.
出自-2014年6月听力原文
Three, just until the weekend
出自-2014年6月听力原文
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
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PREP
直至;直到;在…之前
If something happens until a particular time, it happens during the period before that time and stops at that time.
例句
Until 1982 he was senior lecturer in botany at Durham University.
1982年以前他一直是达勒姆大学生物系的高级讲师。
...consumers who have waited until after the Christmas holiday to do that holiday shopping.
等到过完圣诞节才进行节日采购的顾客
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PREP
(与否定词连用)直到…之前,直到…为止,除非
You use until with a negative to emphasize the moment in time after which the rest of your statement becomes true, or the condition which would make it true.
例句
The traffic laws don't take effect until the end of the year...
交通法要到年底才生效。
It was not until 1911 that the first of the vitamins was identified.
直到1911年才发现了第一种维生素。