until
preposition,conjunction
uk/ənˈtɪl//ʌnˈtɪl/us/ənˈtɪl//ʌnˈtɪl/(alsotill)untilpreposition,conjunction(TIME)
A1
up to (thetimethat):
到…时；直到…时I was up until three o'clocktryingto get itfinished!为了完成工作，我一直熬夜干到3点！
Shouldn't wewaituntil Antony's here?我们是不是最好等到安东尼来？
not until
B1
not before aparticulartimeorevent:
直到…才We didn'teattill pastmidnight.直到过了午夜我们才吃东西。
Once hestartspaintingaroomhe won'tstopuntil it's done.一旦开始油漆房间，他就不会半途而废。
- Shewaiteduntil hercoffeehadcooleddown before taking asip.
- We didn'tarriveatourhoteluntil aftermidnight.
- Thephotographswill be onexhibitionuntil the end of themonth.
- You makewinebyleavinggrapejuicetofermentuntil all thesugarhasturnedtoalcohol.
- You'll have towaituntilyournextbirthdayfor a newbike.
Until a particular moment
- before
- day
- far
- hitherto
- in
- inside
- interim
- meanwhile
- now
- pending
- thus
- till
- time
- to
- to dateidiom
- up to(doing) somethingidiom
- wait
- yet
untilpreposition,conjunction(DISTANCE)
A2
asfaras:
直到…； 到…为止You shouldstayon thetrainuntil Manchester and thenchange.你应该坐火车一直坐到曼彻斯特，然后再换车。
Describing movement towards
- -ways
- at
- convergent
- earthward
- facing
- for
- forward
- forwards
- hither
- inwards
- on
- oncoming
- onward
- onwards
- round
- thither
- to
- up
- ward
- wise
Grammar
Before,by,till,until
If you have to do something before a certain point in time, then when that point arrives, the action must already be completed:…Until
Until is a preposition and a conjunction. Until is often shortened to till or ’til. Till and ’til are more informal and we don’t usually use them in formal writing.…Untilas a preposition
Until as a preposition means ‘up to (the time that)’:…Untilas a conjunction
We use until as a subordinating conjunction to connect an action or an event to a point in time:…Until: typical errors
We don’t use until to talk about things that will happen before a particular time or deadline; we use by:…