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whereupon 嘉中 The bus driver sounded his horn, whereupon the car driver deliberately reduced his speed and delayed the progress of the bus. 公共汽车司机按了喇叭，于是汽车司机故意放慢速度，耽误了公共汽车的行驶。 
whereupon 现代英语中不太使用，不过在阅读中偶尔会遇到，不了解此词用法者，不免会 感到困惑。 whereupon 是连词，主要有两个用法。 1）引导一个并列分句，相当于 and then, and afterwards引导的并列分句，表示“不久之 后”、“接着”、“然后” 等意思 （You use whereupon to say that one thing happens immediately after another thing） 例句： She told a tale, whereupon he laughed heartily. 她讲了一个故事，他听了开怀大笑。 I told her she looked fat, whereupon she threw the entire contents of a saucepan at me and burst into tears. 我告诉她她看上去很胖，她马上把一整锅饭菜都朝我摔过来，然后放声大哭。 He won the lottery and received his check whereupon he immediately gambled it all away. 他中了彩票，收到了支票，随即就把钱全赌光了。 I ate seafood whereupon I became sick as I didn't know I was allergic to clams. 我吃了海鲜，然后我生病了，因为我不知道我对蛤蜊过敏。 Eventually he began sobbing and praying for a miracle, whereupon a lone figure on a jet ski appeared. 最后，他开始抽泣，祈祷奇迹出现，这时出现了一个骑着摩托艇的孤独身影。 England didn't enter the World Cup until 1950, whereupon we were immediately instilled as favourites. 英格兰队直到1950年才进入世界杯，接着我们立刻被捧为夺冠热门。 I had a little trawl of the Microsoft SBS website whereupon my eyes landed on the yellow warning triangle and the words. 我浏览了一下微软SBS网站，然后我的眼睛看到了黄色的三角形警告和文字。
2）引导结果分句，相当于 so, and therefore 引导的结果分句，表示“于是”、”因此” 等意思 （You use whereupon to say that one thing happens usually as a result of it.） 例句： He told her she was a liar, whereupon she walked out. 他说她是个骗子，于是她就走了。 He insulted her, whereupon she slapped him. 他侮辱她, 于是她给了他一巴掌。 He refused to hand over her money, whereupon there was a fight. 他拒绝交出钱，于是发生了一场斗殴。 He claimed to see someone in the warehouse and started running, whereupon shots were discharged. 他声称看到仓库内有人，就开始逃跑，于是就有人向他们开枪。 Daisy took the brush with delight and smoothed her hair, whereupon Gatsby sat down and shaded his eyes and began to laugh. 黛西高兴地拿起了刷子刷刷头发，引得盖茨比坐下来用手遮住眼睛笑了起来。 Wildeve contemplated her for a minute, and then retreating into the heath beat the ferns lightly, whereupon moths flew out alarmed. 韦狄目不转睛看了她一会，然后退回到荒原，轻轻拍打蕨草，惊得蛾子飞了出来。 |
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