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柯林斯词典

1. PREP Unto was used to indicate that something was done or given to someone. 用于指某物被给予或指向某人[文学性]
And he said unto him, "Who is my neighbor?"
同时他对他说：“我的邻居是谁？”
2. PREP Unto was used to indicate that something continued until a particular time. 用于指某事持续到某个特定时间[文学性]
Be ye faithful unto the end. 保持忠诚直到最后。
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)自成一体
Southern Pennsylvania is still a world unto itself. 南宾夕法尼亚仍是一个自成一体的世界。
The army's always been a society unto itself. 军队从来都是一个自成一体的社会。