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单词 wherewithal
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wherewithal

They do not have the mental wherewithal to find their way around the modern world.They have been able to do this because clubs have the financial wherewithal.All that was lacking was the wherewithal to mount such an ambitious expedition.Bankers say the mining giant is virtually the only company with the financial wherewithal to launch an offer on its own.If things do go wrong, many of us lack the wherewithal to fend for our family.Indeed, it is criminality that makes life in the poorest areas of our cities such a torment, not sheer lack of wherewithal to live.

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wherewithal

British English: wherewithal NOUN
the wherewithal If you have the wherewithal for something, you have the means, especially the money, that you need for it.
She didn't have the financial wherewithal to do it.
  • American English: wherewithal
  • Brazilian Portuguese: recursos
  • Chinese: 所需物资 >尤指资金
  • European Spanish: recursos
  • French: moyens
  • German: Mittel
  • Italian: mezzi
  • Japanese: 資金
  • Korean: 필요한 자금
  • European Portuguese: recursos
  • Latin American Spanish: recursos

(noun) 
Definition
the necessary funds, resources, or equipment
She didn't have the financial wherewithal to start a new business.
Synonyms
resources
means
money
A lot of money that you pay goes back to the distributor.
funds
capital
The company is having difficulties in raising capital.
supplies
ready (informal)
essentials
ready money

Additional synonyms

in the sense of capital
Definition
wealth used to produce more wealth by investment
The company is having difficulties in raising capital.
Synonyms
money,
funds,
stock,
investment(s),
property,
cash,
finance,
finances,
financing,
resources,
assets,
wealth,
principal,
means,
wherewithal,
wonga (slang)
in the sense of money
Definition
the official currency, in the form of banknotes or coins, issued by a government
A lot of money that you pay goes back to the distributor.
Synonyms
cash,
funds,
capital,
currency,
wealth,
hard cash,
green (slang),
readies (informal),
riches,
necessary (old-fashioned),
silver,
bread (slang),
coin,
tin (slang),
brass (NorthernEngland, dialect),
loot (informal),
dough (slang),
rhino (British, slang, old-fashioned),
the ready (informal),
banknotes,
dosh (British, Australian, slang),
lolly (British, slang),
the wherewithal,
legal tender,
megabucks (US, Canadian, slang),
needful (informal),
specie,
shekels (informal),
wonga (slang),
dibs (slang),
filthy lucre (facetious),
moolah (slang),
ackers (slang),
gelt (slang, US),
spondulicks (slang, rare),
pelf (archaic),
mazuma (slang, US),
kembla (Australian, slang)

Nearby words of
wherewithal

  • wheeze
  • whelp
  • whereabouts
  • wherewithal
  • whet
  • whiff
  • while

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