单词 | whether |
释义 | whether /hwedh"euhr, wedh"-/, conj. 1. (used to introduce the first of two or more alternatives, and sometimes repeated before the second or later alternative, usually with the correlative or): It matters little whether we go or stay. Whether we go or whether we stay, the result is the same. 2. (used to introduce a single alternative, the other being implied or understood, or some clause or element not involving alternatives): See whether or not she has come. I doubt whether we can do any better. 3. Archaic. (used to introduce a question presenting alternatives, usually with the correlative or). 4. whether or no, under whatever circumstances; regardless: He threatens to go whether or no. pron. Archaic. 5. which or whichever (of two)? [bef. 900; ME; OE hwether, hwaether, equiv. to hwe- (base of hwa WHO) + -ther comp. suffix; c. ON hvatharr, Goth hwathar] Usage. See if. |
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