英语词汇“whether”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

wheth·er

(wĕthər, hwĕth-)

conj.

1. Used in indirect questions to introduce one alternative: We should find out whether the museum is open. See Usage Notes at doubt, if.

2. Used to introduce alternative possibilities: Whether she wins or whether she loses, this is her last tournament.

3. Either: He passed the test, whether by skill or luck.

pron.
Archaic

Which: "We came in full View of a great Island or Continent, (for we knew not whether)" (Jonathan Swift).

Idiom:

whether or no

Regardless of circumstances.

[Middle English, from Old English hwether; see k^wo- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

单词	whether
释义	wheth·er (wĕthər, hwĕth-) conj. 1. Used in indirect questions to introduce one alternative: We should find out whether the museum is open. See Usage Notes at doubt, if. 2. Used to introduce alternative possibilities: Whether she wins or whether she loses, this is her last tournament. 3. Either: He passed the test, whether by skill or luck. pron. Archaic Which: "We came in full View of a great Island or Continent, (for we knew not whether)" (Jonathan Swift). *Idiom:* *whether or no* Regardless of circumstances. [Middle English, from Old English hwether; see k^wo- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
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