unto
柯林斯詞典
1. PREP Unto was used to indicate that something was done or given to someone. 用于指某物被給予或指向某人[文學性]
And he said unto him, "Who is my neighbor?"
同時他對他說:“我的鄰居是誰?”
2. PREP Unto was used to indicate that something continued until a particular time. 用于指某事持續(xù)到某個特定時間[文學性]
Be ye faithful unto the end. 保持忠誠直到最后。
3. PREP If you say that something is, for example, a world unto itself or a place unto itself, you mean that it has special qualities that it does not share with other, similar things, and so it should be treated or understood differently from those other things. (地方)自成一體
Southern Pennsylvania is still a world unto itself. 南賓夕法尼亞仍是一個自成一體的世界。
The army's always been a society unto itself. 軍隊從來都是一個自成一體的社會。
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