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区别till和until的用法

till和until的区别

till是指直到某一特定事件发生的时候,而在那个时刻之后,该事情或状况仍将持续。until是指直到某一特定事件发生的时候,而讲话的人在自己心里认为,在那个时刻之后,该事情或该状况将中止(不怎么可能持续)。

例句:

till

1、They had to wait till Monday to ring the bank manager.

他们必须等到周一才能给银行经理打电话。

2、He checked the register. There was money in the till.

他查看了一下收银机的抽屉,里面有钱。

3、Workers were singing as they tilled the rice paddy fields.

劳动者们一边耕犁稻田一边唱歌。

4、I've survived till now, and will go on doing so without help from you.

我一直努力活到了现在,而且没有你的帮助也能继续活下去。

until

1、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。

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

交通法要到年底才生效。

3、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。

4、I tell you this, I will not rest until that day has come.

我可以肯定地说,不到那天我不会休息。