单词 | hitherto |
释义 | hithertoadv.adj. A. adv. 1. Up to this time, until now, as yet. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adverb] > yet, still, or hitherto yetOE hithertoa1225 hitherward1297 hithera1400 hithertilla1400 hithertowarda1400 hitherwardsc1400 as yetc1405 as yet1484 hitherunto1505 hereto1559 until the (also this) present1600 heretobefore1667 up to the present1826 a1225 Leg. Kath. 447 Hwucche men þu hauest ihaued hiderto to meistres. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4554 I haf soght..both farr and nerr..Bot hider-to moght i noght spede. 1482 Monk of Evesham 24 Verely wele y was hedir to but now..verely euyl y am and fele my selfe. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) John ii. f. cxxj Thou hast kept backe the goode wyne hetherto. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xviii. 93 Except the vulgar be better taught than they have hetherto been. 1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V III. vii. 46 The veil under which he had hitherto concealed his real sentiments. 1861 M. Pattison in Westm. Rev. Apr. 414 Objects hitherto unknown to Europe. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adverb] > yet, still, or hitherto > in discourse, writing, etc. hitherto?c1225 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 38 Þis is nu þe forme dale þet haueð ispeken hiderto. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Jer. xlix. 1 Hyderto the domes of Moab. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 159 b/2 Hyderto endure the wordes of the sayd Sermon. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. CCCiiiiv Thus hetherto we haue shewed [etc.]. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. ii. 197 Hetherto doth loue on fortune tend. View more context for this quotation 1762 Ld. Kames Elements Crit. II. xviii. 321 Hitherto of arranging single words. 3. To this place or point in space; thus far. archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [adverb] > to or towards some thing or place > to or towards this place or direction hitherc725 hereOE hitherwarda1100 hitherwardsc1200 heretoc1275 hither1340 hereunto1509 hitherto1535 hereaway1549 this-way-ward1662 this-a-way1903 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Job xxxviii. 11 Hither to shalt thou come, but no further. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. i. 71 England from Trent, and Seuerne hitherto, By South and East is to my part assignd. View more context for this quotation 1694 S. Johnson Notes Pastoral Let. 64 Hitherto shall ye come and no further. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > [adverb] > with this or that intention or purpose thereforec1175 therefornea1300 whereto1535 hithera1538 thithera1616 hitherunto1635 hitherto1637 with this (or that) view1696 the world > relative properties > relationship > [adverb] > in relation or with reference to or concerning > concerning this or that hereofc1050 herec1175 hereonc1175 heretoc1175 hereuponc1175 thereofa1200 hereanenta1225 hereabout?c1225 herein?c1225 herebyc1230 therebya1250 theretilla1300 thereabouta1375 thereto1377 hereforc1380 thereanenta1400 thereata1400 thereuntoa1400 thereanentsc1400 thereonc1400 thereupon1414 thereoffena1450 thereatour1457 herintil1489 hereunto1509 thereover1535 hithera1538 hereabouts1584 thereabouts1592 hitherunto1635 hitherto1637 1637 J. Pocklington Sunday no Sabbath 2 Hitherto, if I can but hold me by my text, I hope not to fall into impertinences. 1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 253 Hitherto belongeth mad love. B. adj. [attributive use of adverb: compare then.] ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adjective] > up to this time or until now hitherto1787 1787 F. Burney Diary 27 Jan. (1842) III. 303 All his hitherto offences. 1874 J. H. Newman Tracts Theol. & Eccl. 365 The hitherto editions. 1883 T. H. Green Proleg. Ethics iii. ii. 207 The hitherto experience of men. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adv.adj.a1225 |
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