whereof
adverb
old useorformaluk/ˌweəˈrɒv/us/ˌwerˈɑːv/of which or what:
其,在其中Sheknowswhereof shespeaks(= she hasdirectexperienceorknowledgeof what she istalkingabout).她很清楚她说的情况是什么样。
Heseeshostility, thecausewhereof he does notknow.他看到了敌意,却不知道其原因。
- Ilivedin New York for tenyears; Iknowwhereof Ispeakwhen it comes toroaches.
- vicethataffectsthepublic, and whereof thepublichas arighttocomplain
- Wittgenstein said: "Whereof one cannotspeak,thereofone must besilent."
- punishmentforcrimewhereof thepartyshall have beendulyconvicted
- histrimbluecoat, whereof thebuttonssparkled
Linguistics: relative forms
- howsoever
- or
- that
- what
- whatever
- whence
- where
- whereby
- wheresoever
- wherever
- which
- whichever
- whither
- whoever
- whom
- whose
- whosoever
- wot