to-date,up/to/date和up-to-date的区别:
(2018-08-16 08:09:02)
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分类: 2.同义词辨析 |
to date, up to date
1. to date 是介词短语用作副词,在句中作状语,通常用于句首,意为 "到目前为止,到现在为止"。
2. up to date 也有这一意义和用法,这时,两者可以通用。
例如:
To date (or: Up to date) twenty students have been accepted into the school.
到目前为止已有二十名学生被接受入学。
Up to date (or: To date) we have no news of him.
到现在为止我们还不知道他的消息。
3. up-to-date 起形容词的作用,一般在句中作表语或补语,定语通常用
例如:
That car is a beauty and quite up to date.
那辆小汽车式样美观,新颖。
He is always right up to date in his information about this subject.
在这个学科上,他一向掌握最新的情报。
The yearly supplement keep the dictionary up to date.
逐年的增补使这部词典的内容能随时跟上形势的发展。
What he has used is a up-to-date method of language teaching.
他使用的是一种最新的语言教学法。