| 单词 | the wherewithal |
| 释义 | the wherewithal noun[S] uk/ˈweə.wɪ.ðɔːl/us/ˈwer.wɪ.ðɑːl/themoneynecessaryfor aparticularpurpose: 必要的资金I'd like tobuyabiggerhouse, but I don't have thewherewithal.我想买一所大一点的房子，可是没那么多钱。 [+ to infinitive]Poorfamilieslackthewherewithaltohiregoodlawyers.贫困的家庭请不起优秀的律师。 Amounts of money
wherewithal| American Dictionarywherewithal noun[U] us/ˈhweər·wɪðˌɔl,ˈweər-,-wɪθ-/themoneynecessaryfor aparticularpurpose: Mostpeopledon’t have the wherewithal tohirethebestlawyers. Examplesofthe wherewithalthe wherewithal They would also have thewherewithalto purchase bottled water, to dig private wells, and to install private sewage systems. From theCambridge English Corpus Autonomous organizations are important because they provide individuals with the organizationalwherewithalto challenge public officials. From theCambridge English Corpus And it shapes the economic environment within which people earn income and gain wealth-and thus thewherewithalto engage in these transactions. From theCambridge English Corpus Nonetheless, more of the more recent retirees lack adequate retirement resources or thewherewithalto avoid poverty or near poverty. From theCambridge English Corpus When we lack the clues or thewherewithal, identity remains cloaked. From theCambridge English Corpus Others do not have thewherewithal, even if they have the motivation, to constitute themselves in these new subjectivities. From theCambridge English Corpus If that insurance is not within the financialwherewithalof employees, then their interests quite simply are not being served. From theCambridge English Corpus Unlike a homebound woman or a working man chained to a desk, he has the freedom and thewherewithalto plunge into excess and riot. From theCambridge English Corpus Concerning classroom resources, sound compositions generally require little or no specialwherewithal. From theCambridge English Corpus The resources available within the society and thewherewithalof the parents would also have to be factored into such an assessment. From theCambridge English Corpus Rather, these professionals have thewherewithalto accomplish the task, and these professionals are committed to use their resources for our benefit. From theCambridge English Corpus He seems to have been, in effect, participating in middling culture without possessing the expected financialwherewithal. From theCambridge English Corpus The density of data, the web of complementary evidence, including analogical inferences and, again,wherewithal, all determine whether the step into meaning is taken. From theCambridge English Corpus Many have moved to the coast precisely because they have (or had) thewherewithalto become independent from their families. From theCambridge English Corpus However, students may be restricted in the scope of their artistic expression if they are never given thewherewithalto go beyond their performing skills. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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