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词汇 wherefore
释义 wherefore
adverb
 old useuk /ˈweə.fɔːr/ us /ˈwer.fɔːr/
for what reason; why: 为什么,为何
Wherefore dost thou (= do you) grieve?你为何忧愁?
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Linguistics: question words & expressions
amirite
devil
extent
how about...?idiom
how, what, why, etc. on earth...idiom
in God's/heaven's nameidiom
question tag
trick
what the blazes...?idiom
what's something in aid of?idiom
what's that (all) about (then)?idiom
what's the score?idiom
what/where/how/why the devilidiom
when
whenever
where
which
why
why don't you...?idiom
world

Examples of wherefore


wherefore
Wherefore your petitioners pray that your honourable house reconsider this decision.
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Wherefore your petitioners pray that this policy be changed forthwith.
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That statement has been loudly echoed on a hundred platforms in every agricultural constituency in the country—why or wherefore no person can say.
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There have always been thinking people who have studied the why's and the wherefore's, the cause and the effect.
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We are concerned not with the why and wherefore of the matter, but with the practical accounting procedure to follow.
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I need not go into the why's and wherefore's of that issue.
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And wherefore is he wearing such a conscience-stricken air?
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I am not going to ask why or wherefore, or who is to blame.
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Why and wherefore have they been done and what is the result?
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Today we seek to try to find the why and wherefore of these offences.
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We are getting increasing information as to the why and wherefore of the habits and movements of birds at various periods of the year.
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In other words, they would be struck off the list, and it could be done without any why or wherefore.
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I have been unable to understand why or wherefore he did take umbrage.
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Let him, with all his trade union colleagues, examine the why and the wherefore of what happened afterwards.
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People do not understand the principle of the tunnel and the why and wherefore of it.
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