GRE:核心詞組之not until

字號(hào):

not until 直到……才
    釋義
    You use until with a negative to emphasize the moment in time after which the rest of your statement becomes true, or the condition which would make it true.
    例句
    The traffic laws don't take effect until the end of the year.
    GRE
    Not until the war with France in 1697 did William III persuade Parliament to create a professional standing army, and Parliament’s price for doing so was to keep the army under tight legislative control.
    直到與法國(guó)1697年的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)之后(注:大同盟戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng))威廉三世才成功勸說國(guó)會(huì)建立職業(yè)軍隊(duì),而國(guó)會(huì)的在同意建立這支軍隊(duì)的要求是,這支軍隊(duì)受到法律嚴(yán)格約束。