| 单词 | wherefore |
| 释义 | wherefore adverb old useuk/ˈweə.fɔːr/us/ˈwer.fɔːr/for whatreason; why: 为什么，为何Wherefore dostthou(= do you)grieve?你为何忧愁？ Linguistics: question words & expressions
Examplesofwhereforewherefore Whereforeyour petitioners pray that your honourable house reconsider this decision. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Whereforeyour petitioners pray that this policy be changed forthwith. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That statement has been loudly echoed on a hundred platforms in every agricultural constituency in the country—why orwhereforeno person can say. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There have always been thinking people who have studied the why's and the wherefore's, the cause and the effect. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are concerned not with the why andwhereforeof the matter, but with the practical accounting procedure to follow. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I need not go into the why's and wherefore's of that issue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Andwhereforeis he wearing such a conscience-stricken air? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not going to ask why orwherefore, or who is to blame. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Why andwhereforehave they been done and what is the result? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Today we seek to try to find the why andwhereforeof these offences. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are getting increasing information as to the why andwhereforeof the habits and movements of birds at various periods of the year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In other words, they would be struck off the list, and it could be done without any why orwherefore. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I have been unable to understand why orwhereforehe did take umbrage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Let him, with all his trade union colleagues, examine the why and thewhereforeof what happened afterwards. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 People do not understand the principle of the tunnel and the why andwhereforeof it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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