until

[美]/ən'tɪl/
[英]/ən'tɪl/
词频: 极高

释义

prep. 到…为止,在…以前
conj. 直到…才

短语搭配

until now

直到现在

wait until

等到

not until

直到...才

until then

直到那时

until tomorrow

直到明天

例句

cook until the fruit is mushy.

把水果烹制成烂糊状。

held out until the last.

坚持到最后

a message that was nonsense until decoded.

在破译之前无意义的消息

Stir the mixture until smooth.

搅拌这种混合物直到调匀为止。

Follow the road until it branches.

顺着这条路直走到岔路口。

to wait until next week

推迟到下星期

Cook the lentils until they are mushy.

把扁豆烧到呈烂糊状为止。

the old watermill was active until 1960.

直到1960年这座老水磨还在运转。

they boil down the syrup until it is very thick.

他们把糖浆熬得非常浓。

everyone was bopping until the small hours.

每个人都一直跳到下半夜。

bake until the top is crisp and bubbly.

烤到顶部变脆起泡。

couldn't get me at the office until nine.

直到九点才能在办公室联络到我

didn't get to the housework until Sunday.

直到星期日才着手处理家务

bake until the topping is crunchy.

把浇头烤脆为止。

they deferred the decision until February.

他们推迟到2月才作决定。

I am at your disposal until Sunday.

我在星期日前听你调遣。

leave the yeast until there is a good head of froth.

将酵母留在里面直至一大堆泡沫冒出。

liquidize the soup until quite smooth.

将化学处理后的残余物液化直至其平滑。

an invention is not your own until it is patented.

一项发明直到获得专利后才属于你自己。

原声例句

It will fund the federal government until September.

该法案可资助联邦政府到9月。

来源: BBC Listening March 2018 Compilation

Many stores don't stock Halloween candy displays until September.

以前,许多商店直到九月才出售万圣节糖果。

来源: CNN 10 Summer Special

Then top with marshmallows, and bake again until brown.

然后加入棉花糖,再烘烤至棕色。

来源: Thanksgiving Matters

Until one day, I collapsed with exhaustion.

直到有一天,我累倒了。

来源: Theatrical play: Gulliver's Travels

Yes. Jonathan Gruber was pretty obscure until recently.

对,乔纳森·格鲁伯直到最近依然不太知名。

来源: NPR News November 2014 Compilation

At least until the effects wear off.

至少在药效消失前是这样的。

来源: Exciting moments of Harry Potter

Penicillin was sold over the counter until the 1950s.

青霉素在上世纪50年代之前是非处方药。

来源: TED Talks (Audio Version) June 2015 Collection

We have a pact not to have sex again until the wedding.

我们决定婚礼前不做爱的。

来源: Friends Season 7

I sometimes stay in bed until lunchtime.

有时我要一直躺到吃午饭的时候。

来源: New Concept English, British English Version, Book Two (Translation)

Could we leave this until another meeting?

这个问题我们能留到下次开会再谈吗?

来源: Meeting English speaking

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