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till

till
[英] [til] [美] [tɪl] 生词本

conj.

vt.

n.

prep.

  • 易混淆的单词：Till  

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1. PREP (常于口语与非正式书面语中代替 until) In spoken English and informal written English, till is often used instead of until . 

  • 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。

  • 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。

  • Till is also a conjunction.

    • I hadn't left home till I was nineteen...

      直到 19 岁我才离开家。

    • They slept till the alarm bleeper woke them at four.

      他们一直睡到4点钟被寻呼机闹钟叫醒。

Usage Note :

Note that you only use till or until when you are talking about time. You do not use these words to talk about place or position. Instead, you should use as far as or up to. Then you'll be riding with us as far as the village?... We walked up to where his bicycle was.

注意只有在谈及时间时才用 till 或 until。在谈及地点或位置时不用这两个词，而应用as far as或up to：Then you'll be riding with us as far as the village (然后你会坐我们的车一直坐到那个村庄)，We walked up to where his bicycle was (我们一直走到他放自行车的地方)。

2. N-COUNT (商店等处的)现金出纳机，收银机 In a shop or other place of business, a till is a counter or cash register where money is kept, and where customers pay for what they have bought. 

  • ...long queues at tills that make customers angry.

    收银台前令顾客恼火的长队

in AM, use 美国英语用 cash register
3. N-COUNT (收银机中的)钱柜，放钱的抽屉 A till is the drawer of a cash register, in which the money is kept. 

  • 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。

4. VERB 耕，犁(地) When people till land, they prepare the earth and work on it in order to grow crops. 

  • Workers were singing as they tilled the rice paddy fields.

    劳动者们一边耕犁稻田一边唱歌。

  • ...freshly tilled fields.

    刚犁过的田地

Noun

1. unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together

2. a treasury for government funds

3. a strongbox for holding cash

Verb

1. work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation;

  • "till the soil"

生态学

<名>
  • 1.冰碛
  • 2.冰川冰堆积的、未分选的岩石碎屑。

金融

  • 1.备用现金
  • 2.钱柜
1. A man should study till his dying day.
活到老，学到老。

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2. Acorns were good till bread was found.
饥不择食。

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3. Dancing was kept up till past two.
舞会一直开到两点以后。

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4. Don't put off today's work for [till] tomorrow.; Today's work must be done today.
当天事当天毕。

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5. Don't put off today's work till tomorrow.
今天能做的不要拖到明天。

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6. Don't wait till you are thirsty to dig a well.
毋临渴而掘井。

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7. Go easy on the milk—that's all we've got till Monday.
牛奶要慢慢地用——到星期一我们就这些了！

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8. He always fills his glass till it overflows.
他总是把杯子斟得很满。

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9. He began to drink, drank himself to intoxication, till he slept obliterated.
他一直喝，喝到他快要迷糊地睡着了。

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10. He boozed till daylight and dozed into the afternoon.
他喝了个通霄，昏沉沉地一直睡到下午。

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11. He chooses to look into the matter till the truth is out.
他决定调查那件事直至真相大白。

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12. He did not finish the work till yesterday.
到昨天为止，他才做完那工作。

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13. He did not return till ten o'clock.
顶10点他才回来。

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14. He didn't realize that he was wrong up till the present moment.
到目前为止他还没意识到他错了。

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15. He didn't return till ten o'clock.
他到十点才回来。

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16. He had hardly reached the station till the train arrived.
他刚到火车站，火车就进站了。

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17. He hammered down the metal till it was the shape he wanted.
他用锤不断敲击直到那块金属成为所要求的形状。

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18. He really gave his all till his heart ceased to beat.
他真是鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已。

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19. He sawed away till he got tired.
他一直锯到累了才停下来。

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20. He used to be a linguist till he turns writer.
他过去是个语言学家，后来成了作家。

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