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until单词基本解析：

prep.到…时; 直到…为止
prep.直到 ... 的时候, 在...以前 conj.直到 ... 时候才 ..., 在...之前, 直到...的程度
prep.到…为止；在…以前；

until变化用词：

动词过去式: untied | 动词过去分词: untied | 动词现在分词: untying | 动词第三人称单数: unties |

until英英释义：

动词 untie:

undo the ties of

同义词：untie, unbrace, unlace

cause to become loose

同义词：untie, undo, loosen

until中文词源：

until 直到 un-，直到，来自PIE*ant, 前面，词源同ante-, anterior, til-, 直到，词源同till,因此，该词实际上两个部分表达的是同一个意思。比较unto.

until用法和例句：

Let's wait until the rain stops.

咱们等雨停了吧。

Until she spoke I hadn't realized she wasn't English.

直到她开口说话我才知道她不是英格兰人。

You're not going out until you've finished this.

你不把这事做完就不准出去。

Until now I have always lived alone.

直到现在，我一直独自生活。

They moved here in 2002. Until then they'd always been in the London area.

他们2002年搬到这里，之前一直住在伦敦地区。

He continued working up until his death.

他一直工作到去世。

The street is full of traffic from morning till night .

街上从早到晚车水马龙。

You can stay on the bus until London (= until you reach London) .

你可以不用下车，直到公车到达伦敦。

Until 1982 he was senior lecturer in botany at Durham University.

1982年以前他一直是达勒姆大学生物系的高级讲师。

...consumers who have waited until after the Christmas holiday to do that holiday shopping.

等到过完圣诞节才进行节日采购的顾客

The traffic laws don't take effect until the end of the year...

交通法要到年底才生效。

It was not until 1911 that the first of the vitamins was identified.

直到1911年才发现了第一种维生素。

He always cleaves to his principle in spite of persecution.

他一贯不顾迫害坚持原则.

I withheld payment until they had fulfilled the contract.

他们履行合同后,我才付款.

《简明英汉词典》

He did not agree until I had talked to him for a long time.

我劝说了半天,他才肯了.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

He had gambled and roistered and drunk until he dropped in his tracks.

他赌博闹事又醉酒,直到当场死去为止.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

Candidates shall remain in their seats until all the papers have been collected.

试卷全部收回后考生才可离开座位.

《简明英汉词典》

He said no more until their final parting.

直到他们最后分手时他才又说了几句话.

《简明英汉词典》

She had always seemed friendly until suddenly she began to show her teeth.

她看起来是客客气气的,一旦脾气发作起来,就张牙露齿不那么客气了.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

I will leave my homework over until tomorrow.

我要把作业留到明天再做.

《简明英汉词典》

Not until last week was the project in full blast.

工程直到上星期才全部开工.

《简明英汉词典》

There's no safety for anyone until he is under lock and key.

他不坐牢,人无宁日.

《简明英汉词典》

The children are not allowed in until the school bell rings, whatever the weather.

无论什么天气,铃响之后才能允许学生们进学校.

《简明英汉词典》

I won't qualify until next year.

我明年才具备资格.

《简明英汉词典》

I'm just kicking my heels until the beginning of the term.

开学前我无所事事.

《简明英汉词典》

until

Do not halloo until you are out of the woods.

(谚)未出险境，先别高兴。

A man is accounted innocent until he is proven guilty.

一个人未被证明有罪前，被视为是清白的。

Go on until you get to the next corner and then turn left.

一直往前走，到了第一个拐角，就向左转弯。

Keep straight on until you get to the church.

一直朝前走就走到教堂了。

Continue in this direction until you see a sign.

一直朝著这个方向走就看见指示牌了。

Farewell until we meet again!

下次再见！

Keep a low profile until the trouble over your activities is past.

不到影响你活动的麻烦事过去，你不要抛头露面。

Better lie low until this affair blows over.

事过境迁之前，你还是躲起来较好。

He can keep up until ten o'clock tonight.

今天晚上他能坚持到10点钟不睡。

He saved money bit by bit until he had enough to buy a car.

他一点儿一点儿攒钱直到够买一辆汽车。

He waited until the applause had subsided.

他一直等到掌声平息后才继续下去。

He didn't wake up until 11 o'clock in the morning.

他上午十一点才醒。

He will not come until, er, ten o'clock.

他不会在，呃，10点钟以前来的。

They went on firing until they had spent all their ammunition.

他们不停地射击，耗尽了所有的弹药。

I withheld payment until they had fulfilled the contract.

他们履行合同后，我才付钱。

They continued down until they came to some pockets of natural gas.

他们继续往下钻，终於找到了一些天然气的气阱。

They managed to hold on until help arrived.

他们设法坚持住直到有救援到来。

He chose not to go home until later.

他决定晚一点才回家。

Not until eleven o'clock did he come home.

他到十一点才回家。

He lay in agony until the doctor arrived.

他十分痛苦地躺在那里，直到医生来到。

He procrastinated until it was too late to do anything at all.

他因循坐误，一事无成。

He lived in California until he was twenty.

他在加里弗尼亚一直住到20岁。

He had a shutout until the ninth inning.

他封锁对方打击直到第九局。

He travelled on foot for several days until he safely reached a guerrilla base.

他徒步走了好几天，最后安全到达一个游击队根据地。

He kept on barging about until I told him to stop.

他总是到处乱闯，直到我叫他停才停了下来。

He boarded at my house/with me until he found a flat.

他找到住房之前，在我家寄膳。

He had polished the table-top until it gleamed.

他把桌面擦得很亮。

He held on to a branch until we came to his rescue.

他抓住一根树枝，直到我们把他救下来。

He eld off his departure until his sister had come.

他推迟行期直到他妹妹来后才走。

He twiddled with the controls of the radio until he found the station.

他旋弄了一阵收音机的旋钮才找到了那个电台。

He hacked (away) at the branch until it fell off.

他朝著树枝(不停地)砍，直到砍下为止。

His fame as a poet did not come until after his death.

他死后才获得诗人之名。

Not until his friend offered to help could he do it.

他的朋友帮助他，他才有办法做那事。

He watched the train away until it was only a dot in the distance.

他目送着列车驶去，直到它成了远方的一个小黑点。

He hung on until the rope broke.

他紧紧抓住绳子，直到绳子断开。

He practiced saying his speech over until he was letter-perfect.

他练习背诵自己的演说稿，直到把它完全记熟。

He went to the piano and noodle around until the tune came back to him.

他走到钢琴边随意弹奏起来，一直到他想起那曲子。

He go on hunger strike until the prison authorities allow him to receive mail.

他进行绝食斗争直到监狱当局允许他获得邮件。

The meeting was held over until Friday.

会议推迟到星期五才举行。

Go straight on until you come to a bus stop.

你一直往前走，直到公共汽车站为止。

You'll be attached to this department until the end of the year.

你在年底前将暂属於这一部门。

Hang on at your present job until you can get another.

你在没有找到另一个工作前不要放弃目前的工作。

You ought to go slow until you feel really well again.

你应该减少活动，要到真正康复以後再说。

The doctor fought with his assailant until he ran away.

医生和他的攻击者打起来，直到把那人打跑。

Disposal unadvisable recommend hold until further notice.

卖不掉不足取，建议保留下来另候通知。

You'll never be in shape until you eat less and take more exercise.

只有少吃多锻炼才能健美。

Columbus kept on his way until he saw land.

可哥伦布继续前行直到他看到了陆地。

Mr. Smith will not be in until eleven.

史密斯先生要到11点才能回来。

Jim's father told him to stay put until he came back.

吉姆的父亲叫他留在家里，等他回来。

Hal used to sing in the cathedral choir until his voice broke.

哈尔在噪音变为成年人的之前一直在大教堂唱诗班唱歌。

Parliament won't be in session again until after Christmas.

国会将等到圣诞节后才再进入会期。

Imports will have to be scaled down until exports begin to rise again.

在出口开始再增加之前，进口将必须缩减。

He kept his invention under cover until it was patented.

在取得专利权以前，他的发明一直秘而不宣。

Don't put any money into the telephone until you hear the pips.

在听到拨号信号之前不要把钱投入电话机。

I'll get along with a bicycle until we can afford a car.

在我们买得起汽车以前，我将继续用单车凑合凑合。

I shall continue to believe it until I get proof to the contrary.

在我未得到相反的证据之前，我会继续相信它。

Swimming in the sea is out until the weather gets warmer.

在海里游泳还不是时候，等天暖些再游。

Our family was on the move for five year until dad found a good job.

在父亲找到一份好工作之前，我们一家人有五年多都在奔波，四处迁移。

The law presumes innocence until guilt is proved.

在罪状未证实前，法律假定被告无罪。

Until now I've always credited you with more sense.

在这以前，我一直都认为你不至如此糊涂。

The court held up on the money until the estate was totally settled.

在遗产问题得到全面解决之前这笔钱由法庭掌管。

The tightrope walker had us on tenterhooks until her reached the safety of the other side.

在那位走钢丝者安全到达另一边前，我们都一直提心吊胆。

The thunderstorm dept off until we were safely indoors.

场雷雨一直捱到我们回家以后才开始下。

The town was surrounded but the people held out until help came.

城市被包围了，但人民一直坚持到救援到来之时。

She sat stunned for a while, until she recovered.

她一时昏迷，坐下呆了一会儿才醒过来。

She was a bank clerk until the war, when she trained as a nurse.

她战前是个银行职员，战时受训当了护士。

She was working well until illness supervened.

她本来工作得很顺利，但生病後情况就不同了。

She didn't get married until she was well into middle age.

她步入中年以後才结婚。

Her father supported her until she got married.

她父亲抚养她直到她结婚。

She says she will keep the house until her neighbour returns.

她说她要替邻居看家到其回来为止。

She can't wait until she's up and about. She's tired of being in bed.

她还没有完全康复就等不及了，她实在不想卧床了。

Rub away at that piece of wood until it is quite smooth.

好好擦擦那块木头，一直擦到光滑为止。

If we plough in until it's dark, we should get this field finished.

如果我们能连续干到天黑，就能把这块地犁完。

I will adhere to this opinion until contrary facts appear.

如果没有相反的事实，我将坚持我的意见。

The hunt for the lost child continued until she was found.

寻找失踪儿童的工作一直持续到将她找到为止。

Rocks weather until they are worn away.

岩石经风吹雨打而剥蚀，直至完全风化。

I watched the plane go higher and higher until I lost sight of it.

我一直看着飞机飞得越来越高，一会儿就看不见了。

Stay hidden until I give the word.

我不下令就藏著别动。

I was in anguish until I knew she was still alive.

我以前不知道她还活著，所以一直万分痛苦。

We experimented until we succeeded in mixing the right colour.

我们不断进行实验，直至将所需颜色调配成功。

用作介词(prep.)

The heat did not relax until midnight.
直到半夜，炎热才缓解。

We did not notice this matter until yesterday.
直到昨天我们才注意到这件事。

She can't leave until Friday.
在星期五之前她不能离开。

用作连词(conj.)

He put off his departure until his sister came.
他推迟行期,直到他妹妹来了之后才走。

I didn't wake up until I heard the alarm clock.
直到听到闹钟的铃声我才醒来。

You can't leave until your work is finished.
在你的工作完成之前,你不能离开。

I was in the dark about it until she told me.
这件事在她告诉我之前，我毫不知情。

She sticks to the work until it is finished.
她坚持工作,直到把工作完成为止。

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