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单词 whereas
释义
whereas
conjunction
uk
/weərˈæz/us
/werˈæz/
B2
comparedwith thefactthat; but:
尽管；但是；却
He must be about 60, whereas hiswifelooksabout 30.他肯定有60岁上下了，可他妻子看起来只有30岁左右。
Youeatahugeplateoffoodforlunch, whereas I have just asandwich.你午饭吃了一大盘东西，可我只吃了个三明治。
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  • Heworksslowlyandpreciselywhereas Itendtorushthings and makemistakes.
  • Yourhairhas anaturalwavewhereas mine's juststraightandboring.
  • Shedescribedhim,rathercharitably, asquietwhereas I would have said he wasboring.
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Grammar

Whereas
We use the conjunction whereas to indicate a contrast between two facts or ideas:…
(Definition ofwhereasfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

whereas| American Dictionary

whereas
conjunction
us
/hweərˈæz,weər-/
comparedwith thefactthat; but:
In Los Angeles, achiefcauseof thispollutionis paved-roaddust, whereas inSanDiego, it'ssmokefromfireplaces.
(Definition ofwhereasfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwhereas

whereas
Prereaders progressed faster in learning to read the visual list,whereasnovice and veteran readers progressed faster in learning to read the phonetic list.
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The first analysis is based on all 434 patients,whereasthe number of patients after 2 months was reduced to less than 200.
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Whereasoncologists and primary care physicians overwhelmingly reported having working relationships with hospice, only 57% of cardiologists reported having those contacts.
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Members of the former group were all receiving treatment for an eating disorder,whereasmembers of the latter group were recruited from psychology classes.
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Those with poor outcome accounted for 57.7% of the samplewhereasthe remaining 42.4% were rated as having a good outcome with hypnosis.
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Many saplings survived the attack,whereasmost seedlings had died already.
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Boys with problems showed more hostile themes (physical aggression and anger),whereasgirls with problems showed more caring (prosocial) themes relative to the other groups.
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Luminance-defined targets had the same hue and saturation as the background,whereassaturation-defined targets were green and equiluminant with the background.
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The pulse duration may introduce an additional laser-related timescalewhereasthe energy spectrum of the atom, through typical transitions, could introduce an additional species-related timescale.
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In this case, the density field promotes global tilting,whereasthe viscosity field favours a straight vertical interface.
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When we deferentially compliment someone, we speak in strict accordance with the rules,whereasour verbal insults gain emphasis when violating the rules of dialogue.
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In the latter model, a single visual representation is said to subserve actions,whereasa separate representation subserves perceptions.
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Levels of variables are denoted by an uppercase character,whereasdetrended variables are denoted by a lowercase character (unless otherwise noted).
From theCambridge English Corpus
Stable markings describe observable states,whereasthe presence of one or more zero tokens in a given marking makes it unobservable.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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