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wherefore

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词源

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源自中古英語 wherforwherforehwarfore,等价于where- (什么) +‎ for。 对比荷蘭語 waarvoor (为何)德語 wofür (为何)丹麥語挪威語 hvorfor (为何)瑞典語 varför (为何)。详见wherefor

发音

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  • 英語發音wâ(r)'fô(r)"國際音標(幫助): /ˈweə(ɹ)ˌfɔː(ɹ)/
  • 英語發音hwâ(r)'fô(r)"國際音標(幫助): /ˈʍeə(ɹ)ˌfɔː(ɹ)/
  • 斷字:where‧fore

副词

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wherefore (不可比)

  1. (连接副词疑问副词古舊) 何故为何为什么
  2. (连接副词陈述副词古舊正式) 因此
    • 2010年3月17日,House of the United States,House Resolution 1031[1]:
      Wherefore, Judge G. Thomas Porteous, Jr., is guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors and should be removed from office.
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用法说明

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将“wherefore”解读为“where”是常见的误解,这种误读有时会出现在莎士比亚的《罗密欧与朱丽叶》的复述中,且常是为了喜剧效果。在《罗密欧与朱丽叶》中“Wherefore art thou Romeo?”(第2幕第2场第33句台词)意思不是“你在,罗密欧”,而是“为什么是你,罗密欧?”(“为什么你属于蒙塔古家族?”,即和朱丽叶的家族有世仇的一个家族)。[1]

连词

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wherefore

  1. (古舊) 因此
    • 1611The Holy Bible, [] (King James Version),London: [] Robert Barker, [], →OCLC, Isaiah 30:12–13,列 1:
      Wherefore, 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。
    • 1914,Edgar Rice Burroughs,The Mucker[2],The Gutenberg Project, 出版於 2009:
      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.
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名词

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wherefore (複數 wherefores)

  1. 缘由目的
    • c. 1594William 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, 出版於 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]88,列 2:
      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.
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    • 1996,Richard Bausch,Good Evening Mr. & Mrs. America, and All the Ships at Sea,頁 72:
      They want their money without reference to the hows and wherefores.
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参考资料

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  1. Gary Martin (1997–年),“O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?”,The Phrase Finder, 取回于26 February 2017.