wherefore

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英語[編輯]

其他形式[編輯]

詞源[編輯]

源自中古英語 wherforwherforehwarfore,等價於where- (什麼) +‎ for。 對比荷蘭語 waarvoor (為何)德語 wofür (為何)丹麥語挪威語 hvorfor (為何)瑞典語 varför (為何)。詳見wherefor

發音[編輯]

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

副詞[編輯]

wherefore (不可比)

  1. (連接副詞, 疑問副詞, 古舊) 何故為何為什麼
  2. (連接副詞, 陳述副詞, 古舊正式) 因此
    • 2010 3月 17, 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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用法說明[編輯]

將「wherefore」解讀為「where」是常見的誤解,這種誤讀有時會出現在莎士比亞的《羅密歐與朱麗葉》的複述中,且常是為了喜劇效果。在《羅密歐與朱麗葉》中「Wherefore art thou Romeo?」(第2幕第2場第33句台詞)意思不是「你在,羅密歐」,而是「為什麼是你,羅密歐?」(「為什麼你屬於蒙塔古家族?」,即和朱麗葉的家族有世仇的一個家族)。[1]

連詞[編輯]

wherefore

  1. (古舊) 因此
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, [] (King James Version), London: [] Robert Barker, [], →OCLC, Isaiah 30:12–13,列號 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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名詞[編輯]

wherefore (複數 wherefores)

  1. 緣由目的
    • c. 1594, William Shakespeare, 「The Comedie of Errors」, 出自 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],頁號 88,列號 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,頁號 72:
      They want their money without reference to the hows and wherefores.
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衍生詞彙[編輯]

參考資料[編輯]

  1. Gary Martin (1997–), 「O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?」, The Phrase Finder, 取回於26 February 2017.