uptothetimeortheeventmentioned到…时；直到…为止◆Therestaurantisopenuntilmidnight.这家饭馆一直开到午夜。◆Untilthatmoment, shehadbeenhappy.在那一刻之前，她一直是很高兴的。◆Shewaiteduntilhewasfinished.她一直等到他把事情做完。◆Wewon'tleaveuntilthepolicegethere (=wewon'tleavebeforetheycome).在警察来到之前我们不会离开。➨ WHICH WORD？词语辨析We can use until in both formal and informal English. Till is more common in informal English but is not usually used at the beginning of a sentence. * until 可用于正式和非正式英语。till 在非正式英语中更为常见，但通常不用于句首。Till/until are only used to talk about a time. We use as far as to talk about a distance, and we use up to to talk about a number. * till 和 until 只用于表示时间。表示距离用 as far as，表示数目用 up toI walked as far as the river.我一直走到河边。You can spend up to $20 on each person's present.你最多可以花 20 美元给每个人买礼物。