whether怎么读什么意思（英语单词在线中文翻译和来源）

whether 英 ['weðə]美 ['wɛðɚ]

conj. 是否；不论

pron. 两个中的哪一个

中文词源

whether 是否

来自古英语hwether,两人中的一个，是否，hwe-,谁，-ther,比较级后缀，表加强，词源同other,interior,exterior。引申义到底是谁，两个中的谁，是否。词义演变比较yesterday,day.

英文词源

whether

whether: [OE] Whether was formed in the prehistoric Ger**nic period from the interrogative base *khwa-, *khwe- (source of English what, who, etc) and the comparative suffix *-theraz, which also occurs in English other. Its Ger**nic relatives include Ger**n weder ‘neither’ and Swedish hvar ‘each’. English either goes back to a Ger**nic compound formed from the ancestors of ay and whether.

=> either, other

whether (conj.)

Old English hwæðer, hweðer "which of two, whether," from Proto-Ger**nic *gihwatharaz (cognates Old Saxon hwedar, Old Norse hvarr, Gothic huaþar, Old High Ger**n hwedar "which of the two," Ger**n weder "neither"), from interrogative base *khwa- "who" (see who) + comparative suffix *-theraz (cognate compounds in Sanskrit katarah, Avestan katara-, Greek poteros, Latin uter "which of the two, either of two," Lithuanian katras "which of the two," Old Church Slavonic koteru "which"). Its comparative form is either. Also in Old English as a pronoun and adjective. Phrase whether or not (also whether or no) recorded from 1650s.

双语例句

1. The key issue was whether the four defendants acted dishonestly.

关键问题是4名被告是否存在欺诈行为。

2. It's not a case of whether anyone would notice or not.

这不是会不会有人注意到的问题。

3. Whether such properties are a good deal will depend on individual situations.

这样的地产是否可获得大笔收益还要视具体情形而定。

4. It re**ins to be seen whether her parli**entary colleagues will agree.

她的国会同僚是否同意，现在还无从知晓。

5. It was touch and go whether we'd go bankrupt.

我们是否会破产还很难说。