音标:['hwєәfɒ:] ;
conj. 为此, 因此
adv. 为此
n. 理由, 原因
n the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores'
词型变化:名词复数形式 : wherefores
词性分布:
副词73%
名词27%

wherefore的用法和样例:

例句

用作副词(adv.)
  1. Wherefore did you go?你为什么去?
用作连词(conj.)
  1. We are victorious, wherefore let us rejoice.我们胜利了,因此我们尽情欢乐。
  2. He was angry, wherefore I left him alone.他生气了,所以我就不理会他了。
用作名词(n.)
  1. Every why has a wherefore.凡事皆有因。
  2. Never mind the why and wherefore.不要追根究底。

词汇搭配

  • whys and wherefores原因; 解释的理由...

经典引文

  • Why sit they here in twilight? Wherefore rock they, purgatorial shadows.

    出自:W. Owen
【近义词】

When my love swears that she is made of truth 我的爱赌咒发誓说她遍体忠诚, I do believe her, though I know she lies, 我明知此语有假却乐得信以为真; That she might think me some untutor'd youth, Unlearned in the world's fa

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