Whither

(adv.) To what place; -- used interrogatively; as, whither goest thou?

(adv.) To what or which place; -- used relatively.

(adv.) To what point, degree, end, conclusion, or design; whereunto; whereto; -- used in a sense not physical.

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• They lifted him up, and he was overjoyed to find that they were about to take him in the direction whither the star seemed to him to lead. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Whither we rambled, I scarce knew. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• I might have led that old man whither I would. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• He dismounted, and giving his horse to his servant, walked back with them to Barton, whither he was purposely coming to visit them. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• He told me that I was going on in a very bad way, and asked me whither I expected to go? 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Whither does this lead? 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• The door opening immediately into it, I found myself among them before I considered whither I was going. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Sir, said Mr. Helstone, collecting all his dignity--sir, the great knowledge of man is to know himself, and the bourne whither his own steps tend. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The woman raised her; she led her under shelter, she entreated her to return to her home, whither perhaps I had already returned. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• We moved on--I was not at all conscious whither--but at some turn we suddenly encountered another party approaching from the opposite direction. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Why, or whither, none can tell. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Whither will that spirit--now struggling to quit its material tenement--flit when at length released? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Should he continue to write to her from Paris, whither the army was marching? 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• They rushed into the kitchen, whither the truants had repaired, and at once obtained rather more than a glimmering of the real state of the case. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Whither indeed? 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Indeed, nobody wanted poor old Rawdon at the parties whither Becky used to go. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Before I come on board your vessel, said he, will you have the kindness to inform me whither you are bound? 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• When--how--whither, I could not yet discern; but he himself, I doubted not, would hurry me from Thornfield. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• We left in Jaffa Mr. Adams, his wife, and fifteen unfortunates who not only had no money but did not know where to turn or whither to go. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Whither, said Rebecca, and for what purpose? 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• He was not at the palace; and, though the attendants did not know whither he had gone, they did not expect him till late at night. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• He grudged the time lost between Piccadilly and his old haunt at the Slaughters', whither he drove faithfully. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The therns have ofttimes wondered whither you had flown, since you had neither taken the pilgrimage, nor could be found upon the face of Barsoom. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Knowing all this,--and still always going on with infinite endurance, pains, and perseverance, could his dark soul doubt whither he went? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• In the university, whither I was going, I must form my own friends, and be my own protector. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• Whither to take her was the next puzzle. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• He transacted the business of the day apart from her; he went out, she knew not whither. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Whence can it come, whither can it go? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• It might be but a will-o'-th'-wisp, but he thought he would follow it and ascertain whither it would lead him. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• As to Mr. Harthouse, whither _he_ tended, he neither considered nor cared. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.

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