| 单词 | until |
| 释义 | until/ənˈtɪl ||; ənˈtɪl/(also till) prep conj up to the time or the event mentioned 直至…为止；在…之前: ◇the restaurant is open until midnight. 这家餐馆营业到午夜才关门。◇until that moment she had been happy. 在那一刻之前，她一直很开心的。◇she waited until he had finished. 她一直等到他完成为止。◇we won't leave until the police get here (= we won't leave before they come). 在警察到来之前我们不会离开。 ☞we can use until in both formal and informal english. till is more common in informal english and is not usually used at the beginning of a sentence. make sure that you only use till / until to talk about a time. we use as far as to talk about distance i walked as far as the shops. we use up to to talk about a number you can take up to 20 kilos of luggage. until可以用于正式与非正式场合。在非正式场合中till较常用，而且通常不用于句子的开端。till和until只用于时间方面，表示距离要用as far as：i walked as far as the shops.我一直走到商店那里。up to用于数字方面：you can take up to 20 kilos of luggage.你最多可以携带20公斤行李。 untilcontinuing to a particular time or event and then stoppingrelated wordsuntil the present day 持续到一个特定的时间或事件为止 now (3),1. continuing to a particular time or event and then stopping 直到现在 until also till /ənˈtɪl, tɪl/ [preposition/conjunction] especially spoken if something happens until or till a time or event, it continues and then stops at that time or event. till is only used in informal speech and writing 【尤口】直到［till只用于非正式语体中］ my father worked as a teacher until 1989. 在1989年之前父亲一直是个教师。 i'll be at home until 5:30, if you want to phone me. 5点半之前我都在家，你可以打电话给我。 vicky polished the car until it shone. 维基把车擦得闪闪发亮。 david continued living at home until he was 26. 戴维一直在家住到了26岁。 the library's only open till five on saturdays. 图书馆周六只开到5点钟。 just wait till i've finished my coffee. then we can go. 等我喝完咖啡，然后一起走。 up until/up to /ˈʌp əntɪl, ˈʌp tuː/ [preposition] if something happens up until or up to a particular time, date etc, it happens continuously before that time but no longer happens after that time 一直到…为止 up until the nineteenth century wood was commonly used for buildings. 19世纪之前木材一直普遍用于建筑。 she continued to write poetry, up to the day she died. 直到去世那天她都一直在写诗。 things had been going very well up until then. 直到那时事情都进行得非常顺利。right up until/to a time just before 一直到某个时候 right up until the last minute she had hoped that peter would change his mind. 直到最后一分钟她还是希望彼得会改变主意。 from...until/from...to /frəm...ənˈtɪl, frəm...tə/ [preposition] use this to say that something starts happening at one time and continues until another time 从…到…为止 we worked from seven in the morning until late at night. 我们从早上7点一直工作到深夜。 max edited the paper from 1950 until he retired in 1989. 马克斯从1950年起一直任那份报纸的编辑，直到1989年退休。from may to september/from 9am to 5pm etc the hotel is only open during the main tourist season, from march to october. 这间酒店只在3月至10月的旅游旺季才营业。 eisenhower was president from 1952 to 1956. 艾森豪威尔是1953年至1961年的美国总统。 through /θruː/ [preposition] may through september/monday through friday etc american starting in may and continuing until the end of september, starting on monday and continuing until the end of friday, etc 【美】从5月到9月/从周一到周五等 the store is open monday through saturday. 这家商店从星期一开到星期六。 prices are generally lowest from january through march and highest june through august. 一般来说，1月至3月价格最低，6月至8月价格最高。 monday-friday/6:00-8:00 etc /ˌmʌndi tə ˈfraɪdi, ˌsɪks tʊ ˈeɪt/ written starting on monday and continuing until the end of friday, starting at 6 o'clock and continuing until 8 o'clock - used on signs and notices 【书面】周一至周五/6:00至8：00等［用于招牌和通知］ visit the exhibition of modern art, open every day, 9:30-6:00. 参观当代艺术展览，每天开放，时间9:30-6:00。 a special fishing licence is required for the season (may-september). 5月至9月垂钓季节需持专门的垂钓许可证。 un·til /ən`tɪl; ʌnˈtɪl/ also 又作 tillprep, linking word 1. if something happens until a time, it continues and then stops at that time 直到［某时刻］为止:◇the banks are open until 3:30. 银行营业至 3:30。◇debbie's on vacation until monday. 黛比在度假，星期一回来。 2. not until used to say that something will not happen before a particular time 直到…才…:◇the movie doesn't start until 8. 那部电影八点才开始。 ☞ until |
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