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（1）till和until 一般可以互换，意为“直到……为止”。
They waited till/until I returned.他们一直等到我回来。
I shall work till/until eleven o’clock.我要工作到11点。
We will explore every avenue until we find an answer.
我们要探索一切途径，直到找到答案为止。
By law, you are a child until you are 18.
按照法律规定，18岁之前是未成年人。
It took time until the political situation had normalized.
政治局势过了很长时间才恢复正常。
No decision will be taken on the matter until next week.
到下星期才会对这一问题作出决定。
Things were going fine until you showed up.
你一露面就把事情搞糟了。
Don't leave your packing until the last possible moment.
打点行李不要拖到最后一刻。
（2）主句谓语动词为短暂性动词用于“not ...until”句式；延续性动词则用肯定式。
The traffic laws don't take effect until the end of the year.
交通法要到年底才生效。（短暂性动词）
We didn't leave until the very end.
我们直到最后才离开。（短暂性动词）
I won't go until I'm good and ready.
我要完全准备就绪后才走。（短暂性动词）
You're not going out until you've finished this.
你不把这事做完就不准出去。（短暂性动词）
They were not able to take up residence in their new home until the spring.
他们到第二年春天才住进了新家。（短暂性动词）
Until she spoke I hadn't realized she wasn't English.
直到她开口说话我才知道她不是英格兰人。（短暂性动词）
You're not going out until you've finished this.
你不把这事做完就不准出去。（短暂性动词）
She did not stop working until one o’clock in the morning.
她一直工作到凌晨一点。（短暂性动词）
She worked until one o’clock in the morning.
她一直工作到凌晨一点。（延续性动词）
I waited until it got dark.
我一直等到天黑。（延续性动词）
The argument continued until the chairman called them both to order.
争论持续不休，直到主席要求双方遵守议事规则。（延续性动词）
Can you last until I can get help?
你能支撑到有人来帮我吗？（延续性动词）
We've had to put off our wedding until September.
我们只得把婚期推迟到九月。（延续性动词）
She wanted to continue working until she was 60.
她想要继续工作到60岁。（延续性动词）
The money will be held in trust until she is 18.
这笔钱将由人代管到她18岁为止。（延续性动词）
You have to wait until the drugs have passed out of your system.
你必须等到药物排出体外。（延续性动词）
Let's wait until the rain stops.
咱们等雨停了吧。（延续性动词）
He continued working up until his death.
他一直工作到去世。（延续性动词）
You can stay on the bus until you reach London.
你可以不用下车，直到公车到达伦敦。（延续性动词）
Until 1982 he was senior lecturer in botany at Durham University.
1982年以前他一直是达勒姆大学生物系的高级讲师。（延续性动词）
（3）“not until ...”置于句首时用倒装形式。
Not until 2022 did he return to his hometown.直到2022年他才回到家乡。
Not until Father came back did we begin to have supper last night.
昨晚直到父亲回来，我们才开始吃晚饭。
Not until they heard that she was safe and sound were their minds set at rest.
听到她平安无事的消息，大家心里才一块石头落地。
（4）“not ...until”句式的强调形式。
It was not until yesterday that I noticed it.直到昨天我才注意到此事。
It was not until yesterday that I learned it.
直到昨天我才听说这件事。
It was not until I saw Mary that I felt happy.直到见到玛丽我才高兴起来。
It was not until morning that the sheer scale of the damage could be seen.
直到早晨才看清了损害的严重程度。
It was not until 1911 that the first of the vitamins was identified.
直到1911年才发现了第一种维生素。
It was not until 1974 that his ability to write gelled again.
直到1974年，他的写作才华才又得以发挥。
It was not until then that I noticed the boy could see nothing.
直到那时我才注意到那个男孩什么也看不见。
最后试比较：
直到他妻子回来他才去睡觉。
He didn’t go to bed until/ till his wife came back.
Not until his wife came back did he go to bed.
It was not until his wife came back that he went to bed.
