[词典校勘] until 条 @柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典

Usage Note用法说明
Note that you only use until or till when you are talking about time. You do not use these words to talk about place or position. Instead, you should use as far as or up to. Then you'll be riding with us as far as the village?... We walked up to where his bicycle was. 注意，until和till只能用于谈论时间。谈论地点或位置时应用as far as 或 up to：Then you'll be riding with us as far as the village（那么你会坐我们的车一直坐到那个村庄吗），We walked up to where his bicycle was（我们一直走到他放自行车的地方）。

Usage Note用法说明
Note that you only use till or until when you are talking about time. You do not use these words to talk about place or position. Instead, you should use as far as or up to. Then you'll be riding with us as far as the village?... We walked up to where his bicycle was. 注意只有在谈及时间时才用 till 或 until。在谈及地点或位置时不用这两个词，而应用as far as或up to：Then you'll be riding with us as far as the village (然后你会坐我们的车一直坐到那个村庄)，We walked up to where his bicycle was (我们一直走到他放自行车的地方)。

Be Careful!
You only use until or till when you are talking about time. Don't use these words to talk about position. Don't say, for example, 'She walked until the post office'. You say 'She walked as far as the post office'.
They drove as far as the Cantabrian mountains.

continuing as far as a particular place
Stay on the bus until the big supermarket, then get off and turn left.
Perry was leading the race until the final bend.

up to the point in time or the event mentioned
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You can stay on the bus until London (= until you reach London).

until preposition, conjunction (DISTANCE)
A2 as far as:
You should stay on the train until Manchester and then change.

序言
柯林斯词典的英文释义采用整句释义。这一特点，我最初很不习惯。我以为，词典篇幅寸土寸金，编者惜墨如金；用完整句子释义，太奢侈了。后来我才发现，人家这样做用心良苦，是为了将单词或短语置于其使用环境之中，令用法一目了然。这是“授人以渔”的一个显著特点。整句的释义完全可以当作一个例句来看，而且是最典型、最生动的例句。
为出版该双解版，柯林斯公司专门组织英语专家编写了适合中国学习者的词语用法辨析专栏（Usage Note）。这是原来英文版所没有的，但对中国学习者来说就十分有用。
----刘润清，北京外国语大学博士生导师，兼任国家高等教育自学考试英语专业委员会秘书长。曾任北外外国语言研究所所长, 《外语教学与研究》副主编，中国英语教学研究会秘书长。