| 单词 | whether |
| 释义 | wheth·er I. 1. archaic < whether of them twain did the will of his father — Mt 21:31 (Authorized Version) > < might get a great deal or a little, we did not know whether — Daniel Defoe > 2. archaic < put it into … glasses or pots, whether you have — Eliza Moxon > II. 1. obsolete < the dispute whether life is to be preferred, the active or the contemplative — Henry Dodwell > 2. obsolete III. 1. — used as a function word followed usually by correlative or or by or whether to indicate (1) until the early 19th century a direct question involving alternatives < whether does doubting consist in embracing the affirmative or negative side of a question — George Berkeley > (2) an indirect question involving alternatives < hard to decide whether he should agree or whether he should raise certain objections > < the question as to whether a man is really the best judge of his own life work or not — T.H.Savory > < compelled to doubt whether universal schooling will suffice to curb our evil instincts — A.L.Guérard > (3) alternative conditions or possibilities < a material form, whether animate or inanimate — J.G.Frazer > < I was of two minds whether to go or stay — Helen Eustis > < passing judgment on whether or not a given school was performing satisfactorily — J.B.Conant > < see me no more, whether he be dead or no — Shakespeare > < the undergraduate, whether he be a concentrator in the sciences, the humanities, or the social sciences — General Education in a Free Society > 2. < aimed to win whether by hook or crook > < seated him next to her whether by accident or design > 3. obsolete < charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail — 1 Cor 13:8 (Authorized Version) > IV. < considering all the whys and whethers of the matter > |
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