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whither

/hwith-er, with-/US // ˈʰwɪð ər, ˈwɪð- //UK // (ˈwɪðə) archaic, or poetic //

向何处去,向何方

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Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : to what place? where?
    • : to what end, point, action, or the like? to what?
conj.连词 conjunction
  1. 1
    • : to which place.
    • : to whatever place.

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Examples

  • Death and the awful abode of lost souls, whither my weakness long ago had sent him, had changed him for every other eye but mine.

  • So is it unseemly to therefore flip it back to the Dems and ask, “Whither go the bros?”

  • Nevertheless, it is no exaggeration to say that whither Rafsanjani goes, so goes the future of Iran.

  • From the drawing-room, whither the ladies had retired after dinner, sounded the far-away strains of a piano.

  • Walk while ye have the light that darkness overtake you not: and he that walketh in the darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

  • There was another room whither both Norman and Etheldred wished to go, though they dared not hint at their desire.

  • And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they were going: and he made as though he would go further.

  • Pale as usual, and with downcast eyes, she entered the room, whither her mother called her.