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单词 wherewithal
释义
wherewithalwhere‧with‧al /ˈweəwɪðɔːl $ ˈwerwɪðɒːl/ noun Word Origin
WORD ORIGINwherewithal
Origin:
1800-1900 wherewithal ‘with which (to buy ...)’ (16-19 centuries), from where + withal
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • It finds itself bereft of the financial wherewithal or the collective will to break free of its traditional habits.
  • None of them have the wherewithal to conceive of a Reconciliation.
  • So the cab has the wherewithal of a pleasant working environment.
  • Two new overarching groups were formed, each having full authority and wherewithal for engineering, assembly, and sales.
  • Whereas conventional criminals lack the wherewithal to pay for being placed on probation, no such inability is true for corporations.
  • Without images, he said, there would not even be the wherewithal to talk about the death of images.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 Does Cath have the creative wherewithal to make it as a solo act?
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB
· Of course, we recognised that we would have to provide the wherewithal for students to support themselves.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • His family didn't have the wherewithal to send him to college.
  • A force of thirty-six tourists but he doubted they had the wherewithal to hold up a gas stat1on.
  • And we were filling the orders at full retail price, which small businesses were suddenly finding the wherewithal to pay.
  • Back then, I looked like some one with the wherewithal to buy things.
  • But because they have the wherewithal to be heard.
  • By the end of the emancipation process, the authorities lacked the wherewithal to pay for the transference of land.
  • None of them have the wherewithal to conceive of a Reconciliation.
  • Whereas conventional criminals lack the wherewithal to pay for being placed on probation, no such inability is true for corporations.
  • Without images, he said, there would not even be the wherewithal to talk about the death of images.
the wherewithal to do something the money, skill etc that you need in order to do something SYN  means:  Does Cath have the creative wherewithal to make it as a solo act?
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