whenever

B1 CET-4 Oxf 3000 初中 FREQ #1703 ★★★☆☆

conj. 每当 adv. 不论何时, 每逢

发音

UK /wəˈnɛvə/
UK /wɛnˈɛvə/
US /wəˈnɛvɚ/
US /hwəˈnɛvɚ/
US /wɛnˈɛvɚ/

别名

w/e whene'er

教材释义与例句

副词

不论何时；随便什么时候

at any time

连词

每当；无论何时

释义与例句

adv. B1
  1. 1.

    When ever: emphatic form of when.

    过时

    Whenever will I find time to finish that jigsaw?

  2. 2.

    At any time.

    非正式

    Feel free to visit whenever.

conj. B1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    At any time that.

    无论何时

    哪会儿

    Visit whenever you want to.

  2. 2.

    At the (single) time that, no matter when.

    Tomorrow I'll get up whenever the sun rises.

  3. 3.

    Every time that.

    每当

    Whenever he has a pair of aces, his eyelids twitch.

  4. 4.

    Regardless of the time that.

    Income must be reported in the period in which it is earned, whenever payment is actually received.

  5. 5.

    When.

    爱尔兰 美国

    Whenever I was a child, I lived in Arkansas.

相关短语

whenever one turns around every time one turns around when life gives you lemons, make lemonade 转祸为福

词源

From Middle English whan evere, whanne ever, whanne evere, whener, when ever; equivalent to when + ever.

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