| 单词 | whither |
| 释义 | whither From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwhitherwhith‧er /ˈwɪðə $ -ər/ adverb1 old useWHERE to which place SYN wherethe place whither he went2 formalDEVELOP used to ask what the future of something will be or how it will developWhither socialism? → whenceExamples from the Corpuswhither• The barbecue had been set up by the lake, whither Matthew and Sara were conducted by the white-jacketed foreign butler.• His virtuosity and clarity is a welcome oasis in the current clouded debate: whither modern architecture?• Whither NATO?• So with football and politics as the bread and circuses of our decadent empire - whither religion?• The final chapter - on whither the wedding cake - had this reviewer in helpless stitches.Origin whither Old English hwider |
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