词汇 | whither |
释义 | whither adverb old useuk /ˈwɪð.ər/ us /ˈwɪð.ɚ/ to where: 去哪里,去何处 Whither are they going?他们要去哪里? 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 wherefore which why world You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Linguistics: relative forms Examples of whitherwhither It was still a foreign place, whither one fled hoping to find 'quiet life without thinking', populated by straight-talking, businesslike, practical locals. Whence comes it, whither it goes? Likewise, physicians' social commitments, whether to the social dimension of patient welfare or to the community as a whole, may whither as physicians progressively adopt a business mentality. It is not clear to many—whither we are going. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why are we exporting so much equipment, and whither are we sending it? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We want to call a halt and inquire carefully whither we are going. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those young people have enough going against them; making them foreigners in the cities whither they have been cast out is surely an additional folly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We want to know whither these conferences are going to lead us. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We want to know whither we are going. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are thrown entirely on the mercy of events without knowing whither they are going—either to beg, borrow or steal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I ask in all sincerity whither are we going? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There has been a great deal of media coverage and public debate recently on our beleaguered police service and whither its future. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We cannot allow universal purchase to go on without seeing where and whither it leads. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would be essential to have trained leaders to direct them whither they could be of the best service. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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