词组短语
同近义词辨析
if, whether
这组词都有“是否”的意思，其区别是：
if 作“是否”解时，多用于口语，引出宾语从句，不能直接跟or not连用。
whether 多用于书面语中，可与or或or not连用，除引出宾语从句外，还可引出主语从句、表语从句、同位语从句或与不定式连用。
双语例句
用作连词(conj.)
- I'm uncertain whether to go or not.
我不能肯定去还是不去。 - His nationality isn't relevant to whether he's a good teacher.
他的国籍与他是否是位好老师无关。 - Little does he care whether we live or die.
他一点也不管我们是死是活。 - Air whether in the gaseous or liquid state is a fluid.
空气，无论是气态的还是液态的，都是一种流体。 - I'd always support my country, whether it was right or wrong.
我会一直支持我的国家,无论它是对是错。 - Sir Isaac Newton said that time was absolute,that it occurred whether the universe was here or not.
爱萨克·牛顿爵士说时间是绝对存在的，无论宇宙存在与否它都存在。
权威例句
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