wherefore

[美]/'weəfɔː/
[英]/'wɛrfɔr/
词频: 极高

释义

adv. &conj. 为什么为此,因此
词形变化

例句

I know not wherefore it befell.

我不知道为什么变成这个样子。

Wherefore did you go there?

你为什么去那儿?

He was angry, wherefore I was afraid to ask him.

他发火了, 所以我不敢去问他。

she took an ill turn, but wherefore I cannot say.

她时运不佳,但是为何我说不准。

We must always go into the whys and wherefores of anything.

我们对任何事情都要问一个为什么。

the whys and wherefores of these procedures need to be explained to students.

要办这些手续的缘由都必须一一解释给学生听。

原声例句

And lastly, " Wherefore" . What does it mean?

最后,Wherefore,什么意思呢?

来源: Dad teaches you grammar.

But wherefore says she not she is unjust?

然而她为何不说她话中有假?

来源: The complete original version of the sonnet.

And wherefore do the Poor complain?

“穷人为什么抱怨?”

来源: British Original Language Textbook Volume 3

And wherefore say not I that I am old?

为何我不说我已经老迈无能?

来源: The complete original version of the sonnet.

Remember when you heard the line " Wherefore art thou, Romeo? "

还记得你听到的台词“Wherefore art thou, Romeo? ”吗?

来源: Dad teaches you grammar.

Wherefore the necessity for his periodical visits to the upper world.

因此,它需要定期露头拜访一下水上的世界。

来源: Moby-Dick

These foreshow wherefore so many years you couldn't even find a ticket anywhere.

这就是为什么这么多年来你到处都找不到票。

来源: BBC Listening Collection September 2022

Wherefore we most heartily provoke, challenge, and defy your Lordship to the said combat and monomachy.

因此,我向阁下发出挑战,希望能够一决雌雄。

来源: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

" Wherefore" was more similar to " why? " or " what's the purpose of this? "

“Wherefore”更像是“为什么?”或“为何目的?”。

来源: Dad teaches you grammar.

So, the question " Wherefore art thou, Romeo? " didn't mean " Where are you, Romeo? " .

因此,问题“Wherefore art thou, Romeo? ”并不是“Where are you, Romeo”的意思。

来源: Dad teaches you grammar.

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