| 词组 | Until(till) |
| 释义 | Until(till)
直到;直至……之时： John did not return home，his mother waited for him till midnight. 约翰没有回家，他的母亲一直等他等到半夜。 Although he treated her badly，she was true to him till death. 虽然他对待她不好，但她至死对他忠诚。 Peasants are so diligent that they do not stop working until after sunset. 农民们非常勤勉，直到日落以后他们才停止工作。 He is so eloquent that his audience do not disperse until the end of his address. 他演讲得太好了，听众们直到他演说结束才散去。 Peter was too tired，he did not get up until twelve at noon. 彼得太累了，他一直睡到中午十二点才起床。 We had not heard from him until last month. 一直到上个月我们才接到他的信。 ◆ 本词也是连接词，词义为： 直到……之时;直至： People do not know the value of health till they have lost it. 人们直到失去健康时才知道健康的宝贵。 Until you told me，I had known nothing about the accident. 一直到你告诉我，我才知道那事故。 Until John apologized，Mary had never talked with him. 直到约翰道了歉，玛丽才开始跟他说话。 I shall stay here until my business is finished. 我将在这里停留到办完事。 ◆ until和till无论是作介词或连接词使用，注意以下各点： until较till正式;2 所引起的从句或短语位于句首时，多用until; 3 如所引起的短语较长时，虽位于句中也多用until。 drink till all’s blue 大醉;烂醉： The heart-broken man does not talk to anyone but only drinks by himself till all’s blue. 那个伤心的人谁也不理，只是自己喝酒一直喝到大醉。 till this day 一直到今天;一直到现在： Such dress has long been out of fashion but old people still wear it till this day. 这样的服装早已过时，但是老年人一直到今天还穿它。 till / until further notice 另行通知;一直到下一个通知： The museum will be closed until further notice. 该博物馆将关闭，开放时间另行通知。 till / until now 迄今;到现在(为止)： Until now we still remember the scene though it has passed for many years. 虽然事情已经过去数年，但直到现在我们仍然记得那情景。 till/until then 一直到那时： Until then we had given them no help. 直到那时我们才开始帮助他们。 until it comes to the push 直到不得已时;直到为环境或需要所迫时： He seemed a satisfactory man until it came to the push and then he failed us. 他一直似乎是一个令人满意的人，到情势急迫时，他却使我们甚为失望。 李士钧 编著. 英语介词用法词典. 天津： 天津科学技术出版社. 2003. 第912-913页. |
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