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Definition of whither in English: whitherinterrogative adverbˈwɪðə archaic, literary 1To what place or state. 往何处，去哪里；怎样的情况，在何种程度上 我们要去何方？ they asked people whither they would emigrate 他们问人们将移居何处。 Example sentencesExamples - The reason was a quote of OC's that I had come across: ‘No one rises so high as he who knows not whither he is going.’
- Thomas saith unto Him, Lord, we know not whither Thou goest; and how can we know the way?
- When they emerge from it, I believe, they will have to give some serious thought to what their country is and whither it is heading.
- For it is the truth of my heart, dearest Lady, that thou hast inspired in me that which I had thought long lost, and whither it had scarpered I wot not.
- They will see that they have laboured for the wind, when, at death, they find the profit of their labour is all gone like the wind, they know not whither.
- 1.1 What is the likely future of.
…的前景如何 whither modern architecture? 现代建筑的前景如何？ Example sentencesExamples - Time then to ask the pertinent question - whither this development?
- And that brings me to my next question: whither blogs?
- But without Trio Angulaire, whither the French / Québécois dialogue?
- It is with such knowledge in mind that famous practitioners of the historical novel, such as AS Byatt, have asked lately, whither the historical novel now?
- But for some reason, organic strawberries seem to have stronger hulls than regular pesticide-covered ones, and now my only question is: whither a strawberry huller?
relative adverbˈwɪðəˈ(h)wɪðər archaic, literary 1To which (with reference to a place) 往那儿，去那里 the barbecue had been set up by the lake, whither Matthew and Sara were conducted 烧烤已在湖边开始，马修和萨莉被带往那里。 Example sentencesExamples - In 1831-2 Charlotte was at Miss Wooler's school at Roe Head, whither she returned as a teacher in 1835-8, and where she met her two close friends, Ellen Nussey and Mary Taylor.
- That the opera's third act, with its customs office, had to be relocated to the Franco-Belgian border, whither the tubercular and penniless Mimi could hardly have dragged herself, is the least of its problems.
- At least Kaisa has his address in Oslo, whither she flies, dressed in a smart black business suit, and promptly rents a flashy new car with which to impress Tomas (claiming it as her own).
- Away from the Diplomacy board, France is my favourite country - the best, most beautiful and most civilized country in the world, whither I shall undoubtedly be forced to flee when life in England finally becomes unbearable.
- One finds oneself walking mechanically to the tower of Belvedere Castle whither all other park visitors have gravitated like the ghouls in ‘Night of the Living Dead.’
- 1.1 To whatever place; wherever.
无论往何处，无论哪里 we could drive whither we pleased 我们可以把车开到任何我们想去的地方。 Example sentencesExamples - But if we thought we were going to wander whither we pleased we were soon disillusioned.
- Why should anybody bother to read a centuries-old ‘experimental’ novel, in which the sentences wander whither they will?
- The steady click, click, click of things falling into place became a flow and I went whither it would lead.
OriginOld English hwider, from the Germanic base of which; compare with hither and thither. Rhymesdither, hither, slither, swither, thither, wither, zither Definition of whither in US English: whitheradverbˈ(h)wɪðərˈ(h)wiT͟Hər 1To what place or state. 往何处，去哪里；怎样的情况，在何种程度上 我们要去何方？ they asked people whither they would emigrate 他们问人们将移居何处。 Example sentencesExamples - The reason was a quote of OC's that I had come across: ‘No one rises so high as he who knows not whither he is going.’
- When they emerge from it, I believe, they will have to give some serious thought to what their country is and whither it is heading.
- They will see that they have laboured for the wind, when, at death, they find the profit of their labour is all gone like the wind, they know not whither.
- For it is the truth of my heart, dearest Lady, that thou hast inspired in me that which I had thought long lost, and whither it had scarpered I wot not.
- Thomas saith unto Him, Lord, we know not whither Thou goest; and how can we know the way?
- 1.1 What is the likely future of.
…的前景如何 whither modern architecture? 现代建筑的前景如何？ Example sentencesExamples - But for some reason, organic strawberries seem to have stronger hulls than regular pesticide-covered ones, and now my only question is: whither a strawberry huller?
- Time then to ask the pertinent question - whither this development?
- It is with such knowledge in mind that famous practitioners of the historical novel, such as AS Byatt, have asked lately, whither the historical novel now?
- But without Trio Angulaire, whither the French / Québécois dialogue?
- And that brings me to my next question: whither blogs?
relative adverbˈ(h)wɪðərˈ(h)wiT͟Hər 1To which (with reference to a place) 往那儿，去那里 the barbecue had been set up by the lake, whither Matthew and Sara were conducted 烧烤已在湖边开始，马修和萨莉被带往那里。 Example sentencesExamples - One finds oneself walking mechanically to the tower of Belvedere Castle whither all other park visitors have gravitated like the ghouls in ‘Night of the Living Dead.’
- That the opera's third act, with its customs office, had to be relocated to the Franco-Belgian border, whither the tubercular and penniless Mimi could hardly have dragged herself, is the least of its problems.
- At least Kaisa has his address in Oslo, whither she flies, dressed in a smart black business suit, and promptly rents a flashy new car with which to impress Tomas (claiming it as her own).
- In 1831-2 Charlotte was at Miss Wooler's school at Roe Head, whither she returned as a teacher in 1835-8, and where she met her two close friends, Ellen Nussey and Mary Taylor.
- Away from the Diplomacy board, France is my favourite country - the best, most beautiful and most civilized country in the world, whither I shall undoubtedly be forced to flee when life in England finally becomes unbearable.
- 1.1 To whatever place; wherever.
无论往何处，无论哪里 we could drive whither we pleased 我们可以把车开到任何我们想去的地方。 Example sentencesExamples - But if we thought we were going to wander whither we pleased we were soon disillusioned.
- Why should anybody bother to read a centuries-old ‘experimental’ novel, in which the sentences wander whither they will?
- The steady click, click, click of things falling into place became a flow and I went whither it would lead.
OriginOld English hwider, from the Germanic base of which; compare with hither and thither. |