For many trees—evergreen conifers being an exception—the best strategy is to abandon photosynthesis until the spring.

对于许多树木来说——常绿的针叶树是一个例外——最好的策略是在春天之前放弃光合作用。

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They were not able to take up residence in their new home until the spring.

他们到第二年春天才住进了新家。

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It was not until the spring of that year that she was introduced to Pierre Curie.

直到那年春天，她才被介绍给皮埃尔·居里。

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Beans should not be planted until all risk of freeze has passed in the spring.

VOA: special.2009.03.24

The soldiers could do nothing until spring.

VOA: special.2009.06.04

Until the early 1990's they only observed the weekly Sabbath and the spring holiday of Passover.

VOA: standard.2009.09.26

Others set aside entry-level hiring until the spring for a summer or fall start.

WSJ: Job Hunting in the Off Season

Not until the spring and summer of 2008 did official U.S. government figures begin acknowledge the scope of inflation.

FORBES: What Did We Miss?

When winter comes to the Finnish north, the sun disappears until the spring.

ECONOMIST: Sauli Niinisto, on Europe��s edge