[ (h)wɔt ] adj. 1.〔疑问〕什么;多少。 W- books have you read 你读过什么书? What's the matter 发生了什么事? 怎么啦? W- news 什么新闻? W- money have you got 你手头有多少钱? 2.〔感叹〕多! 多么!真! W- a fool you are! 你多笨! What a genius he is! 他真是个天才! 3.〔关系形容词〕 Give me what paper you don't use. 把你不用的纸给我。 短语和例子 Little did he foresee what a difference this would make. 他做梦也未曾想到这件事会有这么大的影响。 what countryman 哪国人 (W- countryman is she 他是哪国人?) what price 什么价钱 (W- price gold 黄金何价?) what time 在…的时候 (= when, while) (W- time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. 我感到害怕时将求助于你)。 what way 如何 (= how) (W- way was she drowned 她是怎样淹死的?)。 pron. 1.〔疑问〕什么,什么东西[事情];怎样的东西[事情];怎样的人;做什么的人,什么人;多少。 W- is he 他是什么人〔问职业、身分、籍贯等〕。 W- like is he 〔方言〕= W- is he like 他是怎样一个人? W- of him 他怎么啦? W- is the fare 车[船]费是多少? W- is your name 你叫什么名字? W- 什么? W- of it 怎么了? 有什么问题? What's eating you 〔美俚〕你有什么麻烦事? Come what will [may], I am prepared for it. 不管发生什么事,我已经下定决心了。 I know what. 我有一个主意。 I'll tell you what. 我告诉你该怎么办吧;我来告诉你是怎么回事吧。 2.〔感叹〕 W-! are you late again 什么,你又晚啦? W- ho! 啊,喂。 3.〔关系〕(所)…的 (= that [those] which, the thing(s) which, anything that)。 W- I say is true. 我(所)说的是真话。 Do what you please. 做你喜欢做的吧。 4.〔关系〕〔引导插入句〕 He said it, and, what is more surprising, he did it. 他那样说了,更意外的是,他还做了。 5.〔表示另有下文或其他可能性等〕 Shall we go or what 我们是去呢还是…? 6. 〔英国〕〔征求意见〕好不好?是不是? Come tomorrow, what? 明天来,好不好? An unusual chap, what? 一个了不起的家伙,是不是? ★此种用法中的 what 为一虚字,无实际意义,且均置于句末。 and what not 诸如此类,等等 (He called me fool and what not. 他骂我是傻瓜还骂我这一类的许多话)。 but what 〔用于否定句〕 1. 不 (Not a day but what it rains. 没有一天不下雨。 Not a man but what likes him. 没有一个人不欢喜他)。 2. 除非;不…的 (Use no arguments but what you believe in yourself. 不要用你自己不相信的论证)。 ★ but what 与 but, but that, that ... not 等意义相同,但较不常用。 for what they are 本来面目。 not but what 见 not 条。 So what 〔口语〕那又怎么样呢? 〔表示不高兴不重视等〕。 what about ...? 〔征求意见、询问消息等〕 1. …好不好? 2. …怎么样了? (W- about bed 睡觉去,好不好? W- about the boys 那些小伙子怎么样?)。 what for 1. 为什么,为何种目的 (W- for 为的是什么?为什么?)。 2. 〔方言〕哪一种 (W- for tobacco are you smoking 你抽哪一种烟)。 3. 〔俚语〕 = whatfor. (or) what have you 〔美俚〕等等。 what is called 所谓。 what is more 加之,而且〔插入语〕。 what it takes 〔美俚〕成功的必要条件。 what's what 〔口语〕事情的真相,事物的道理 (know what's what 很懂事;有鉴别力)。 adv. 怎样,多少。 W- does it benefit you 它是怎样使你受益的? W- he has suffered! 他吃了多少苦头啊。 what between ... and (what between) = what with ... and (what with), 见 with 条。
= as much as. He helps me what he can. 他尽所能地帮助我。
Example Sentences:
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What dress shall i put on for the party ? 我穿什么衣服去参加聚会呢?
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What 's the distance from here to the station ? 从这里到车站有多远?
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What american eats is handsomely packaged . 美国人吃的东西包装考究。
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What is the speed limit on the motorway ? 高速公路的速度限制是多少?
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I wonder what sort of a bargain you'll make . 不知道你想卖个啥价钱。
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What was the use of telling the whole ? 把一切都说出来,有什么用呢?
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I 'm not sure just what day he will leave . 我不敢说他究竟哪一天去。
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We have run out of petrol . what a bore ! 我们的汽油用完了。真麻烦。
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What construction do you put on his actions ? 你对他的行为作何解释?
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What associations does the sea have for you ? 你从大海能联想到什么?