副词 · 1
词源
源自中古英語 wherfor、wherfore、hwarfore，等价于where- (“什么”) + for。 对比荷蘭語 waarvoor (“为何”)、德語 wofür (“为何”)、丹麥語和挪威語 hvorfor (“为何”)、瑞典語 varför (“为何”)。详见where、for。
读音
- /ˈweə(ɹ)ˌfɔː(ɹ)/
- /ˈʍeə(ɹ)ˌfɔː(ɹ)/
释义
何故，为何，为什么
archaic · 连接副词 · 疑问副词VVherefore weepe you?
1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III、scene i], page 11, column 2:
Wherefore doe the wicked liue, become old, yea, are mightie in power?
1611，The Holy Bible, […]（King James Version），London： […] Robert Barker, […]，→OCLC，「Job 21:7」，第1zh-hans:列;zh-hant:欄：
"Good morning, Mrs. Denny," he said. "Wherefore this worried look on your face? Has that reprobate James been misbehaving himself?"
1920, Herman Cyril McNeile, chapter 1, in Bulldog Drummond:
因此
archaic · formal · 连接副词 · 陈述副词Wherefore, Judge G. Thomas Porteous, Jr., is guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors and should be removed from office.
2010 March 17, House of the United States, House Resolution 1031:
词形与写法（1）
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连词 · 2
词源
源自中古英語 wherfor、wherfore、hwarfore，等价于where- (“什么”) + for。 对比荷蘭語 waarvoor (“为何”)、德語 wofür (“为何”)、丹麥語和挪威語 hvorfor (“为何”)、瑞典語 varför (“为何”)。详见where、for。
读音
- /ˈweə(ɹ)ˌfɔː(ɹ)/
- /ˈʍeə(ɹ)ˌfɔː(ɹ)/
释义
因此
archaicWherefore, thus ſaith the holy one of Iſrael, Becauſe ye deſpise this word, and truſt in oppreſſion and peruerſeneſſe, and ſtay thereon: Therefore this iniquitie ſhalbe to you as a breach ready to fall, ſwelling out in a high wall, whoſe breaking commeth ſuddenly at an inſtant.
所以以色列的聖者如此說：『因為你們藐視這訓誨的話，倚賴欺壓和乖僻，以此為可靠的，故此，這罪孽在你們身上好像將要破裂凸出來的高牆，頃刻之間忽然坍塌。
1611，The Holy Bible, […]（King James Version），London： […] Robert Barker, […]，→OCLC，「Isaiah 30:12–13」，第1zh-hans:列;zh-hant:欄：
Wherefore it was that by the time the authorities awoke to the fact that something had happened Billy Byrne was fifty miles west of Joliet, bowling along aboard a fast Santa Fe freight.
1914, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Mucker, The Gutenberg Project, published 2009:
词形与写法（1）
| 词形 | 标注 | 转写 |
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| wherefor | alternative | |
名词 · 3
词源
源自中古英語 wherfor、wherfore、hwarfore，等价于where- (“什么”) + for。 对比荷蘭語 waarvoor (“为何”)、德語 wofür (“为何”)、丹麥語和挪威語 hvorfor (“为何”)、瑞典語 varför (“为何”)。详见where、for。
读音
- /ˈweə(ɹ)ˌfɔː(ɹ)/
- /ˈʍeə(ɹ)ˌfɔː(ɹ)/
释义
缘由，目的
Ant[ipholus of Syracuse]. Shall I tell you why? / S. Dro. [Dromio of Syracuse] I, ſir, and wherefore; for they ſay, euery why hath a wherefore.
c. 1594, William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 88, column 2:
They want their money without reference to the hows and wherefores.
1996, Richard Bausch, Good Evening Mr. & Mrs. America, and All the Ships at Sea, page 72:
词形与写法（2）
派生词（1）
whys and wherefores