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wherefore

/hwair-fawr, -fohr, wair-/US // ˈʰwɛərˌfɔr, -ˌfoʊr, ˈwɛər- //UK // (ˈwɛəˌfɔː) //

因此,缘何,所以,于是

Related Words

why为什么,为何therefore因此,所以,故此thereupon随即,随之而来的,随之而来的是,随之accordingly因此,据此,相应地ergo尔后,尔戈

Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : Archaic. for what? why?
    • : for that cause or reason: Wherefore let us be grateful.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the cause or reason: to study the whys and wherefores of a situation.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adv.for that reason
Synonyms
why为什么,为何for that cause为了这个原因,为此,为此目的for what为了什么,因为什么,对于什么for which reason凭什么,出于何种原因,出于什么原因so accordingly所以相应地,因此therefore因此,所以,故此thereupon随即,随之而来的,随之而来的是,随之
adv.for which reason
Synonyms
why为什么,为何accordingly因此,据此,相应地ergo尔后,尔戈therefore因此,所以,故此thereupon随即,随之而来的,随之而来的是,随之

Examples

  • Wherefore my bowels shall sound like a harp for Moab, and my inward parts for the brick wall.

  • Wherefore I have also bared thy thighs against thy face, and thy shame hath appeared.

  • Wherefore it was but natural that President Castle's experts found it impossible to strangle the bill in committee.

  • Wherefore those men carefully watching him, found Daniel praying and making supplication to his God.

  • Wherefore, Bud finally concluded that Foster was not above helping himself to family property.

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