whereas

Word family nounwherenessadverbwhereaboutwhereagainstwhereaswhereatwherebywhereforwhereforewherefromwhereinwhereinsoeverwhereintowhereofwhereonwhereoutwheresoeverwherethroughwheretowhereunderwhereuntilwhereuntowhereuponwhereverwherewithwherewithalwhereconjunctionwhereafter

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where·as /weərˈæz $ wer-/ W2 AWL conjunction

1 BUT formal used to say that although something is true of one thing, it is not true of another 但是；却；尽管

The old system was fairly complicated whereas the new system is really very simple.

旧系统相当复杂，而新系统却很简单。

Whereas the city spent over $1 billion on its museums and stadium, it failed to look after its schools.

这个城市花了十亿美元建造博物馆和体育馆，但是却忽略了对学校的建设。

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2. lawSCL used at the beginning of an official document to mean ‘because of a particular fact’ 鉴于〔用于文件的开头〕

Examples from the Corpus

whereas• A bowl of instant oatmeal costs about $.15, whereas regular oatmeal costs only $.05 per bowl.

单词	whereas
释义	whereas Word family nounwherenessadverbwhereaboutwhereagainstwhereaswhereatwherebywhereforwhereforewherefromwhereinwhereinsoeverwhereintowhereofwhereonwhereoutwheresoeverwherethroughwheretowhereunderwhereuntilwhereuntowhereuponwhereverwherewithwherewithalwhereconjunctionwhereafter Related topics: Law where·as /weərˈæz $ wer-/ ●●○ W2 AWL conjunction 1 BUT formal used to say that although something is true of one thing, it is not true of another 但是；却；尽管 The old system was fairly complicated whereas the new system is really very simple. 旧系统相当复杂，而新系统却很简单。 Whereas the city spent over $1 billion on its museums and stadium, it failed to look after its schools. 这个城市花了十亿美元建造博物馆和体育馆，但是却忽略了对学校的建设。 ► see thesaurus at but 2. lawSCL used at the beginning of an official document to mean ‘because of a particular fact’ 鉴于〔用于文件的开头〕 Examples from the Corpus whereas• A bowl of instant oatmeal costs about $.15, whereas regular oatmeal costs only $.05 per bowl.
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