Skip to main content

thereby

/thair-bahy, thair-bahy/US // ˌðɛərˈbaɪ, ˈðɛərˌbaɪ //UK // (ˌðɛəˈbaɪ, ˈðɛəˌbaɪ) //

因而

Related Words

Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : by that; by means of that.
    • : in that connection or relation: Thereby hangs a tale.
    • : by or near that place.
    • : Scot. about that number, quantity, or degree.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • She thereby declared herself less interested in making money than in making a difference.

  • They are only here to reap the rewards of the American safety net (such as it is) and thereby raise your taxes.

  • The broader goal was to oust Saddam in order to build a beautiful democracy in the Middle East and thereby transform the region.

  • Kanye demanded confirmation that they were indeed disabled thereby singling them out.

  • This strain of enterovirus seems unusually provocative in irritating lower airways, thereby causing airway narrowing.

  • It did not in any way affect prices or wages, which were rendered neither greater nor less thereby.

  • With time this land had mounted to great values and the holders had been made well-to-do thereby.

  • In the Method about to be given, the intellect is agreeably occupied, and thereby a Habit of Attention is promoted.

  • In a paroxysm of rage and fear, he gave the final order, and the Well of Cawnpore thereby attained its ghastly immortality.

  • It compels the Intellect to stay with the senses and thereby it abolishes mind-wandering.