词族 · wherefore
词形变化
英语词源
- wherefore (adv.)
- c. 1200, hwarfore, from where + for. Similar formation in Dutch waarvoor, Old Norse hvar fyrir, Swedish varfor.
权威例句
- 1. He was angry, wherefore I was afraid to ask him.
- 他发火了, 所以我不敢去问他.
- 2. Wherefore did you go there?
- 你为什么去那儿?
- 3. I know not wherefore it befell.
- 我不知道为什么变成这个样子.
- 4. " Dost thou know , child, wherefore thy mother wears this letter? "
- “ 孩子, 你知道你妈妈为什么要戴这个字母 吗 ? ”
- 5. " Wherefore have all the people left their work to - day?
- “ 大伙儿干嘛今天都不干活儿啦?