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在带有 until 的句子中,until 有否定主句内容的作用。它表示某段时间的终止,即主句谓语动词动作状态完成结束的时间界限,也是主句谓语动词向其自身对立面转化的时间界限,存在内容与形式间的矛盾,翻译中往往不易掌握。如:1)She stayed here until she had finished herwork.=She stopped staying here when she had finished her work.2.The meeting didn’t begin until the chairman had arrived.=The
In until sentences with until, negative has the effect of negating the contents of the main clause. It denotes the termination of a certain period of time, that is, the time limit for completion of the verb action state of the predicate of the main sentence, and also the time limit for the conversion of the predicate verb of the main sentence to its own opposite, and there is a contradiction between the content and the form, which is often difficult to grasp in translation. Such as: 1)She stayed here until she had finished herwork.=She stopped staying here when she had finished her work.2.The meeting didn’t begin until the chairman had arrived.=The