核心畫面
You can picture a line of time that keeps going and then hits a wall at one point: things run along right up to that mark, and there the running stops.
可以想成時間像一條一直往前走的線,走到某個點就「碰到一道牆」停下來。「until + 時間點」標的就是這道牆——事情…更多收起
可以想成時間像一條一直往前走的線,走到某個點就「碰到一道牆」停下來。「until + 時間點」標的就是這道牆——事情一路持續到那裡為止,到了那一刻就停。原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
untilprep/ʌnˈtɪl/
- 1
Up to the time of (something happening); pending.
- If you can wait until after my meeting with her, we'll talk then.
- Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.
- 2
Up to (a certain place)
- Keep walking until the second set of traffic lights, then turn left.
- 3
Before (a time).
- I was about to say that I had known the Celebrity from the time he wore kilts. But I see I will have to amend that, because he was not a celebrity then, nor, indeed, did he achieve fame until some time after I left New York for the West.
- Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."
- 4
obsoleteTo; physically towards.
- He rousd himselfe full blith, and hastned them untill.
- 5
Up to the time that the foods or other things available to sell, or tasks which need to be completed, run out.
- Bake sale on Saturday, 2pm until.
- A celebration of his life will also be held at Pete's Tavern 16705 Florida Blvd on Saturday, March 3, 2018 from 2pm until and at TJ's Lounge 11585 Plank Road on Sunday, March 4, 2018 from 2pm until. He is survived by his children, […]
untilconj/ʌnˈtɪl/
- 1
Up to the time that (a condition becomes true).
- Not until I got his email did I fully understand his disappointment.
- It took us a week before/until we got the house repainted.
- 2
Before (a condition becoming true).
- It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。