单词 | whither |
释义 | whitherWord family adverbwhitherwardwhithersoeverwhither whith·er /ˈwɪðə $ -ər/ adverbadv → wither 1 old useWHERE to which place 去何处;往哪儿 SYN where the place whither he went 他所去的地方 2 formalDEVELOP used to ask what the future of something will be or how it will develop 怎样的前途,向何处去〔用于询问某事的未来或发展〕 → whence5Whither modern art? 现代艺术何去何从? n Whither socialism? Examples from the Corpus whither• The barbecue had been set up by the lake, whither Matthew and Sara were conducted by the white-jacketed foreign butler.• His virtuosity and clarity is a welcome oasis in the current clouded debate: whither modern architecture?• Whither NATO?• So with football and politics as the bread and circuses of our decadent empire - whither religion?• The final chapter - on whither the wedding cake - had this reviewer in helpless stitches. Old English hwider |
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