whereupon

英 [ˌweərəˈpɒn]

美 [ˌwerəˈpɑːn]

conj.  然后; 于是; 随之; 据此; 因此

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牛津词典

conj.

• 然后；于是；随之；据此；因此
  and then; as a result of this
  1. He told her she was a liar, whereupon she walked out.
     他对她说她在说谎，她便愤然而去。

柯林斯词典

• CONJ-COORD 于是;随之
  You usewhereuponto say that one thing happens immediately after another thing, and usually as a result of it.
  1. Mr Muite refused to talk to them except in the company of his legal colleagues, whereupon the police officers departed...
     缪特先生拒绝在没有其律师同事陪同的情况下和他们说话，于是警察们就离开了。
  2. 'Well, get on with it then,' said Dobson, whereupon Davies started to explain.
     “那好吧，继续吧，”多布森说，于是戴维斯开始解释。

双语例句

• I related the anecdote, whereupon he laughed heartily.
  我叙述那件轶事，他听了（马上）开怀大笑。
• He insulted her, whereupon she slapped him.
  他侮辱她，于是她给了他一巴掌。
• He saw me coming, whereupon he ran off in the other direction.
  他看见我来了，于是就向另一个方向逃跑了。
• 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。
• He took a cigarette from a crumpled packet marked VICTORY CIGARETTES and incautiously held it upright, whereupon the tobacco fell out on to the floor.
  他从一匣挤瘪了的胜利牌香烟盒中拿出一支烟来，不小心地竖举着，烟丝马上掉到了地上。
• These two causes made him answer in a very low and hesitating voice; whereupon a gentleman in a white waistcoat said he was a fool.
  由于这两个原因，他回答的时候声音很低，而且很犹豫，一位穿白色背心的先生当即断言，他是一个傻瓜。
• We went home for a coffee, whereupon VIV became violently ill with food poisoning.
  我们回家去喝一杯咖啡，随后维夫患了严重的食物中毒。
• The vicar having opened it and found it to contain a book, read a few pages; whereupon he jumped up from his seat and went straight to the shop with the book under his arm.
  牧师打开包裹一看，里面是一本书，就翻开读了几页；读后他再也坐不住了，就从座位上跳起来，挟著书直奔书店而去。
• Whereupon the search began for a person who would make such a sacrifice for a young man.
  于是便开始了收索愿意为小男孩牺牲的人。
• Mr Muite refused to talk to them except in the company of his legal colleagues, whereupon the police officers departed
  缪特先生拒绝在没有其律师同事陪同的情况下和他们说话，于是警察们就离开了。