单词：whether
音标：['hweðә] ；
柯林斯词典等级：5 级；
牛津三千核心词汇；
conj. 是否, 不论
pron. 两个中的哪一个
pron. 两个中的哪一个
pron. Which (of two); which one (of two); -- used
interrogatively and relatively.
conj. In case; if; -- used to introduce the first or two or
more alternative clauses, the other or others being connected by or, or
by or whether. When the second of two alternatives is the simple
negative of the first it is sometimes only indicated by the particle
not or no after the correlative, and sometimes it is omitted entirely
as being distinctly implied in the whether of the first.
interrogatively and relatively.
conj. In case; if; -- used to introduce the first or two or
more alternative clauses, the other or others being connected by or, or
by or whether. When the second of two alternatives is the simple
negative of the first it is sometimes only indicated by the particle
not or no after the correlative, and sometimes it is omitted entirely
as being distinctly implied in the whether of the first.
考试类型：[中考/高考]
词性分布：
whether的用法和样例：
例句
用作连词(conj.)
- I'm uncertain whether to go or not.我不能肯定去还是不去。
- His nationality isn't relevant to whether he's a good teacher.他的国籍与他是否是位好老师无关。
- Little does he care whether we live or die.他一点也不管我们是死是活。
- Air whether in the gaseous or liquid state is a fluid.空气，无论是气态的还是液态的，都是一种流体。
- I'd always support my country, whether it was right or wrong.我会一直支持我的国家,无论它是对是错。
- Sir Isaac Newton said that time was absolute,that it occurred whether the universe was here or not.爱萨克·牛顿爵士说时间是绝对存在的，无论宇宙存在与否它都存在。
常见句型
用作连词(conj.)
- Whether we can stay with my mother is another matter.我们是不是能和我母亲住在一起则是另一回事。
- She doesn't know whether to get married now or wait.她不知道是现在就结婚还是等等再说。
- She was in doubt whether she was right.她对她是否正确拿不准。
- I haven't settled the question of whether I'll go back home.我是否回家,还没有定。
- Whether we go to your place or stay here,we'll still find something to eat.不管我们是到你那里去还是呆在这儿,我们都需要找点东西吃。
词汇搭配
- whether or no不管怎样(无论如何)...
- whether or not无论是 ... 或 ...
- not know whether one is coming or going昏头昏脑,不知如何是...
- not know whether one is standing on one's head or one's heels晕头转向,昏头昏脑...
- whether … or …是…还是…
经典引文
Whether would ye? gold or field?
出自：Tennyson
【近义词】
- if是否
- provided假如
- on condition在 ... 条件下...
- condition条件
- on在 ... 之上