wherefore
英 [ˈweəfɔː(r)]
美 [ˈwerfɔːr]
n. 原因;理由
conj. 因此
adv. 为什么(疑问副词);为此(关系副词)
复数:wherefores
BNC.34108 / COCA.30854
习惯用语
n.
- the whys and (the) wherefores
- 理由;原因;缘故
the reasons for sth - I had no intention of going into the whys and the wherefores of the situation.
我无意深入调查这一情况的来龙去脉。
英英释义
noun
- the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores'
双语例句
- Wherefore I have also bared my thighs against thy face, and thy shame hath appeared.
故此我也将你的衣边掀到你面上,使人见到你的羞耻。 - Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not?
他们说,我们禁食,你为何不看见呢。 - And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me?
你若心里说,这一切事为何临到我呢。 - And he said: Dost thou know wherefore I am come to thee?
他于是说:「你知道我为什麽到你这里来? - And wherefore say not I that I am old?
我又为什么不肯说我不年轻? - Wherefore, when I came, was there no man?
我来的时候,为何无人等候呢? - Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
所以我求你们,不要因我为你们所受的患难丧胆。这原是你们的荣耀。 - That thy trust may be in the Lord, wherefore I have also shewn it to thee this day.
为使你的信赖全托于上主,我今日特将道路指示给你。 - Wherefore they say, is Saul also among the prophets?
因此有句俗语说,扫罗也列在先知中吗。 - Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight?
你为什么藐视耶和华的命令,行他眼中看为恶的事呢。