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1. of what 由于什么.从什么。
△ Lr.1.4.314 (290):“Now,gods that we adore,whereof comes this?”呀，凭着我们敬奉的天神，这是为了什么？
2. of which 关于那个，从其中。
△H.V.2.2.179: “Thetaste whereof God of his mercy give / You patience toendure，”愿上帝慈悲，赐给你们耐心，去忍受死亡的滋味。
△ H.V.4.3.103: “The smell whereof shall breed aplague in France.”那腐尸的臭气将在法兰西引起一场瘟疫。
3. of which. among which 在其内，从其中。
△ Mer.1.2.33(30):“whereof who chooses his meaning choosesyou.”从这三个匣子中选出他意中的那一个，就选中了你。
4. by means of which,with which,because of which通过那个，以此，因此。
△Oth.1.3.336 (331): “whereof Itake this that you call love to be sect or scion.”因此我认为你所谓的爱情也不过就是这一类情欲的枝条。
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by means whereof: on which account 由于这个。
△ 2H.VI.3.1. 60: “And did he not. in hisprotectorship,/ Levy great sums of money throughthe realm / For soldiers’ pay in France. and neversent it,/ By means whereof the towns each day revolt-ed?”在他担任摄政王时，他不是借口为在法国的英国士兵发饷而在全国征收了巨额款项，而饷根本没有发，却因此每天都引起一些城市叛乱吗？
△2H.VI.3.1.105:“And being Protector.stayed the soldiers’ pay,/ By means whereof his High-ness hath lost France.”你作为摄政王，扣住士兵的饷银，陛下因此丧失了法兰西。