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单词 whereby
释义 whereby
\(ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adverb
Etymology: Middle English wherby, from where, wher where + by
1.
 a. : by or through which : by the help of which : in accordance with which
  < the means whereby such an end is effected — Norman Friedman >
  < the old logic of judgment, whereby discipline meant salvation — D.R.Meyer >
 b. archaic : near or along which
  < the throne whereby she fell — Alfred Tennyson >
2. obsolete : by what : how
 < whereby shall I know this — Lk 1:18 (Authorized Version) >
3.
 a. : as a result of which : in consequence of which
  < a respite, four days' grace, whereby she told her story to the world — Robert Browning >
 b. chiefly dialect : whereupon
  < whereby thou didst desire to eat some, whereby I told thee they were ill for a green wound — Shakespeare >
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