hither

英 [ˈhɪðə(r)]

美 [ˈhɪðər]

adv.  到此处; 向此地

TEM8

BNC.21659 / COCA.25331

习惯用语

adv.

hither and thitherhither and yon
• 各处；四处
  in many different directions

牛津词典

adv.

• 到此处；向此地
  to this place

柯林斯词典

• ADV 到这里;向这里
  Hithermeans to the place where you are.
  1. He has sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people.
     他委派大批的官员到这里骚扰我们的人民。
• PHRASE 四处，到处（美国英语中有时用 hither and yon）
  Hither and thithermeans in many different directions or places, and in a disorganized way. In American English, the expressionhither and yonis sometimes used.
  1. Refugees run hither and thither in search of safety.
     难民们四处逃奔，寻求安全之所。
  2. ...the awful amount of time I spend moving things hither and yon every year!
     我每年花在把东西搬来搬去上的大量时间

英英释义

adv

• to this place (especially toward the speaker)
  1. come here, please
  Synonym:here

双语例句

• Then my last illness seized me, and I returned hither to die.
  后来，致命的疾病缠住了我，我回到这里已奄奄待毙。
• Love, which in spite of darkness brought us hither.
  爱，它尽管天黑却让我们走到这里。
• He wandered hither and thither about the king's lonely palace.
  他在国王冷清的宫殿里四处徘徊。
• Why, with such rank in the learned world, had he come hither?
  他既然在学术界地位如此之高，为什么要到这里来呢？
• Yet the exotic had grown here, suddenly as the prophet's gourd; and had drawn hither Tess.
  然而这种外来的风物就像先知的蓖麻一样②，已经在这儿生长起来了，并且还把苔丝吸引到了这儿。
• Master, Do they come hither?
  带到别的地方去了，他们想去的地方。主人：他们到这个岛上来过吗？
• But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.
  你们这些巫婆的儿子，奸夫和妓女的种子，都要前来。
• Come hither, man. I see that thou art poor.
  来这儿，我明白你是个可怜虫。
• And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.
  你们也要将我在埃及一切的荣耀、和你们所看见的事、都告诉我父亲、又要赶紧的将我父亲搬到我这里来。
• He saw the men's eyes turning hither and thither in quest of him.
  他看到那些人的眼睛东张西望地搜索着他。