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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Whereas \Where*as"\, adv.
At which place; where. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
At last they came whereas that lady bode. --Spenser.
Whereas \Where*as"\, conj.
1. Considering that; it being the case that; since; -- used
to introduce a preamble which is the basis of
declarations, affirmations, commands, requests, or like,
that follow.
2. When in fact; while on the contrary; the case being in
truth that; although; -- implying opposition to something
that precedes; or implying recognition of facts, sometimes
followed by a different statement, and sometimes by
inferences or something consequent.
Are not those found to be the greatest zealots who
are most notoriously ignorant? whereas true zeal
should always begin with true knowledge. --Sprat.