whither
adverb, conjunction /ˈwɪðə(r)/
/ˈwɪðər/
- (old use) where; to which
哪里;何处;到何处 - Whither should they go?
他们应往何处去? - They did not know whither they should go.
他们不知何去何从。 - the place whither they were sent
他们被送往的地方
- Whither should they go?
- (formal) used to ask what is likely to happen to something in the future
(询问将可能发生什么)怎样的情况,怎样的前途 - Whither modern architecture?
现代建筑何去何从?
- Whither modern architecture?
词源Old English hwider, from the Germanic base of which; compare with hither and thither.