词源

源自中古英語 ，对应英语中 +‎ 。

发音

• (英國) 國際音標^(幫助)：/ˈhɪðəˌtuː/, /ˌhɪðəˈtuː/, [ˈhɪðəˌtʰuː], [ˌhɪðəˈtʰuː]
• (美國) 國際音標^(幫助)：/ˈhɪðɚˌtu/, /ˌhɪðɚˈtu/, [ˈhɪðɚˌtʰu], [ˌhɪðɚˈtʰu]

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副词

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1. (正式，亦法律) 迄今，目前为止
   • 1830, Anna Maria Porter, The Barony, 卷 3，頁號 460:

     The exhaustless conjecturings of that evening's full conversation, made such of the small party, as had hitherto been strangers, well acquainted with each other's turn of mind […]

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   • 2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, 出自 World Englishes，頁號 124:

     The results of this study argue for a greater endonormativity in Indian English than has hitherto been recognised.

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   • 2021 10月 20, Paul Stephen, “Leisure and pleasure on the Far North Line”, 出自 RAIL, 期 942，頁號 49:

     North of Tain [...], the line reaches the southern shore of Dornoch Firth. Here, the railway and the A9 trunk road, which have hitherto run close together, diverge.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

   近義詞： 、；亦參見Thesaurus:hitherto

   反義詞： 、；亦參見Thesaurus:henceforth

参考资料

• “hitherto”, Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.