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单词 whereupon
释义 whereupon
\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷, ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷\ adverb
Etymology: Middle English wherupon, from where, wher where + upon
1.
 a. obsolete : for what reason : wherefore
  < hath sent to know … whereupon you conjure from the breast of civil peace such bold hostility — Shakespeare >
 b. archaic : upon what
  < whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened — Job 38:6 (Authorized Version) >
2. : upon which : on the top or surface of which
 < a point of rock whereupon a pale-colored village balanced itself — Elizabeth Bowen >
3.
 a. obsolete : by reason of which
  < whereupon I command thee to open thy affair — Shakespeare >
 b. archaic : upon which as ground or support
  < whereupon Saint Ambrose makes a comment with much fruit — Robert Browning >
4. : closely following and in consequence of which
 < has to banish his wicked foster brothers … whereupon they become pirates — G.B.Saul >
5. obsolete : concerning which
 < this remedy, whereupon we are now present here together — Shakespeare >
6. archaic : to, toward, or on which
 < that whereupon they set their minds — Ezek 24:25 (Authorized Version) >
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