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　　it was not until

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　　常用释义：

　　直到……才……：表示某个动作或事件直到某个时间才发生。

　　直到……才

　　1、It was not until July that China confirmed it had been refitting the ship.───直到今年7月，中国方面才证实正在改装这艘船。

　　2、It was not until the company repaid all the old loans that it was allowed to take new ones.───直到公司偿清所有以前的贷款后，才允许它再借款。

　　3、It was not until July thatChinaconfirmed it had been refitting the ship.───但直到今年七月，中国才证实对其进行了改装。

　　4、It was not until 1920 that the US Constitution was changed to give all women voting rights.───直到1920年，美国宪法才得以修改，赋予所有女性投票权。

　　5、It was not until the invention of web browser that internet began to be popular.───直到发明了网页浏览器，因特网才开始流行起来。

　　6、It was not until Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back came out in 1989 that this error was corrected.───直到1989年《银河系指南3：帝国反击战》出版，这个错误才得到纠正。

　　7、It was not until July 10 that the first heavy onslaught began, and this date is usually taken as the opening of the battle.───直到7月10日才开始进行第一次猛烈的袭击，因此通常就把这一天作为空战开始的日子。

　　8、It was not until near the end of the letter that she mentioned her own plan.───直到接近信的结尾处，她才提到自己的计划。

　　9、It was not until the spring of that year that she was introduced to Pierre Curie.───直到那年春天，她才被介绍给皮埃尔·居里。

　　1、until───prep.到……时，直到……为止；conj.到……时，直到……为止

　　2、it was───那是（过去）

　　3、feigning it until doing it───假装不做

　　4、was not like───不是那样的

　　5、was it───n.瓦西特（伊拉克东部的一个省）

　　6、what was it───那是什么

　　7、was not───非

　　8、was not well───他身体不好

　　9、not until───直到…才…

　　It was not until yesterday that I got to know the result. 直到昨天我才获知结果。