whither

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwhitherwhith‧er /ˈwɪðə $ -ər/ adverb 1 old useWHERE to which place SYN where the place whither he went2 formalDEVELOP used to ask what the future of something will be or how it will develop Whither socialism? → whenceExamples from the Corpuswhither• 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.Origin whither Old English hwider

单词	whither
释义	whither From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwhitherwhith‧er /ˈwɪðə $ -ər/ adverb 1 old useWHERE to which place SYN where the place whither he went2 formalDEVELOP used to ask what the future of something will be or how it will develop Whither socialism? → whenceExamples from the Corpuswhither• 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.Origin whither Old English hwider
随便看	give somebody an earful give somebody an inch and they’ll take a yard/mile give somebody control/authority/responsibility etc give somebody enough rope to hang themselves give somebody grief give somebody gyp give somebody hell give somebody ideas/put ideas into somebody’s head give somebody loyalty/obedience/respect give somebody pause (for thought) give somebody problems/trouble/difficulties give somebody shit give somebody short measure give somebody six months/three years etc give somebody some/enough etc rope give somebody something give somebody something for something give somebody something ↔ back give somebody the benefit of the doubt give somebody the bird give somebody the bum's rush give somebody the cold shoulder give somebody the come-on damning damnum