therefore
英 ['ee?f??]
美['e?rf?r]
- adv. 因此；所以
英英釋意
- 1. (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result;
- "therefore X must be true"
- "the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory"
- "we were young and thence optimistic"
- "it is late and thus we must go"
- "the witness is biased and so cannot be trusted"
- 2. as a consequence;
- "he had good reason to be grateful for the opportunities which they had made available to him and which consequently led to the good position he now held"