Locations of visitors to this page

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

therefore and thereby

therefore and thereby
therefore和thereby区别


例句:
thereby
You use thereby to introduce an important result or consequence of the event or action you have just mentioned. (FORMAL)
Our bodies can sweat, thereby losing heat by evaporation.
A firm might sometimes sell at a loss to drive a competitor out of business, and thereby increase its market power.
ADV: ADV with cl
= thus

therefore
You use therefore to introduce a logical result or conclusion.
Muscle cells need lots of fuel and therefore burn lots of calories.
Nothing was to prevent him now from becoming the richest, and therefore the happiest, man in the world.
ADV: ADV with cl/group
= consequently


thereby
by that, by that mean, 意为"通过那种方式"

therefore
for that, for that reason, 意为"因为那种原因"

类似的还有hereby, hereof, hereto等一堆



外部链接
What is the difference between therefore and thereby?
Hereby / Thereby


-fin-

No comments:

Website Analytics

Followers