迄今为止

• 拼音: qì jīn wéi zhǐ
• 汉字拆解: 迄 = 辶 + 乞 (until); 今 = present; 为 = 爪 + 象 (for/as); 止 = foot radical (stop/cease)

含义

Up to now; as of yet; so far. A formal four-character phrase meaning up until the present moment — emphasising the totality of the period from some past point to now.

More emphatic than 迄今 alone. A fixed phrase used in formal writing, official documents, and academic papers. Often placed at the beginning of a clause. 迄今为止最成功的 (the most successful to date). Interchangeable with 到目前为止 in formal contexts.

例句

1. 迄今为止，全球尚无任何国家研发出能够彻底治愈该疾病的特效药物，研究工作仍在推进中。
2. 迄今为止，这部小说已被译成七十多种语言，创下了该出版社有史以来最高的全球销售纪录。
3. 迄今为止，考古学家在该遗址共出土了一千三百余件珍贵文物，其中不乏极为罕见的绝世精品。

用法指南

语境: academic, journalism, official, history

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 迄今为止，这项工程是人类建造的规模最宏大、技术最复杂的基础设施项目之一，举世公认。(To date, this project is one of the largest in scale and most technically complex infrastructure undertakings ever built by humankind — universally acknowledged.)
• 迄今为止所有临床试验结果均表明，该疗法对特定类型的肿瘤具有显著的临床治疗效果。(All clinical trial results to date indicate that this therapy has a significant therapeutic effect on specific types of tumours.)

错误说法

• 迄今为止我很困 — 迄今为止 is highly formal and factual; for personal or informal speech use 到现在/现在还 instead

起源与历史

迄今 (up to now) + 为止 (up to this point; cease here) — up to now and no further

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal