whither

英['wɪðə] 美['wɪðɚ]
  • adv. 到哪里
  • conj. 无论到何种程度;无论到哪里

中文词源


whither 哪里,何处

whi-, 谁,哪里,词源同who,where,-ther,向,从,来自hither,thither.

英文词源


whither (adv., conj.)
Old English hwider, from Proto-Germanic *hwithre-, from *hwi- "who" (see who) + ending as in hither and thither. Compare Gothic hvadre.

双语例句


1. They knew not whither they went.
他们不知要去哪里。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Who are you and whither are you bound?
你是谁?要去哪里?

来自柯林斯例句

3. Whither should they go?
他们应往何处去?

来自《权威词典》

4. He knows neither his whence nor his whither.
他不知道从哪里来,到哪里去.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

5. Whither went all the tourists and pedlars with strange wares?
他们都到哪里去了 呢 ?

来自名作英译部分