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Until的用法 1. prep. up to a specified time (直到某一时刻)或up to the time of a specified event (直到发生某事)up to the time when (直到……时为止)表示句的动作一直持续到until短语所表示的时间从句动作发生或状态出现时为止，即表示动作的终点。一般可译为直到……时(为止)或在……以前。在这种用法中，句子的谓语动词必须是持续动词(非瞬间动词)，如live, wait , last, love, like, stay, work, continue 等。1) It may last until Friday. 这可能要延续到星期五。2) He will be working until 5 oclock. 他将一直工作到五点钟。3) 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。 4) I have remembered her until now. 直到现在我还记得她。 ) Continue in this direction until you see a sign. 一直朝着这个方向走就会看见指示牌了。) He ran until he was breathless. 他一直跑到气喘吁吁才停下。) Ill wait until he arrives and then Ill leave. 我要等他来以后再离开。) Go straight on until you come to a large red building. 一直往前，走到一幢高大的红色建筑物为止。) Lets wait until the rain stops. 咱们等雨停吧。) The teacher kept on asking the students questions until the bell rang. 老师反复向学生提问，直到下课铃响。表示句的动作直到until短语所表示的时间在从句的动作发生之后才开始发生，句的动作until短语所表示的时间在从句的动作发生之前尚未发生表示动作的起点。动词为延续性或非延续性都可以。 一般译为直到……才或直到……之前(……还不)。1) The secret was never told until after the old mans death. 这个秘密在老人去世后才说出来。2) Dont open it until your birthday. 等到你过生日那天再打开。3) She didnt sleep until eight. 她八点钟才睡觉。) I hadnt realized she was foreign until she spoke. 她不说话我还一直不知道她是个外国人。) I wont stop shouting until you let me go. 你不放我，我就一直喊叫。) I shant do that until you come back. 在你回来之前，我不会干那件事。) We wont come to any decision until we have had a chance to discuss the problem thoroughly.我们有机会充分讨论这个问题再决定下来。) Until you told me I had no idea of it. 在你告诉我之前，我对此一无所知。not until的倒装与强调结构当Not until位于句首时,句子要倒装。其结构为: Not until + 从句/表时间的词 + 助动词 + (主句)主语 + 谓语 + ...。如:Not until the teacher came in did the students stop talking. 直到老师进来学生们才停止讲话。Not until next week will the sports meeting be held.直到下周才开运动会the early years of the 19th century. → Not until the early years of the 19th century did man know what heat is. 直到19 世纪初，人类才知道热能是什么realize how much time I had wasted until I began to work. → Not until I began to work did I realize how much time I had waste