“天氣”是“weather”還是“whether”？“wether”又是什么？

Weather /'weð?/

Definition:

the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation

由溫度、風(fēng)、云和降雨等一系列狀態(tài)變化組成的氣象現(xiàn)象的合稱(chēng)

Example:

Tomorrow the weather should be warm and sunny.

明天的天氣應(yīng)該是溫暖和晴朗的。

Whether /'weð?/

Definition:

introduces two alternatives

介紹兩種選擇

Example:

It will take ages whether you drive or fly.

無(wú)論你開(kāi)車(chē)還是坐飛機(jī)，都要花很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間

也許你能清楚的明白這兩者的區(qū)別，

但是就是記不住怎么辦?

下面小編就從網(wǎng)友那里找到了一個(gè)記憶的小竅門(mén)，

快看看適不適合你

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Here's my memory trick:

Weather (such as a storm) affects the sea, and "sea" is spelled with an "ea" just like "weather."

天氣(像是暴風(fēng)雨)會(huì)影響海洋，海洋sea的拼寫(xiě)中有一個(gè)“ea”，天氣“weather”中也有一個(gè)“ea”。

Weather affects the sea.

天氣影響海洋。

The other spelling ("whether") is a conjunction that introduces choices:

另一個(gè)單詞(whether)是一個(gè)為引出選項(xiàng)的連詞

I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

我不知道我應(yīng)該哭還是笑。

Just remember the "sea" trick for "weather," and then you know that "whether," the conjunction, is the other spelling.

你只要記住“sea”和“weather”都有“ea”這個(gè)竅門(mén)，而“whether”作為連詞和它拼寫(xiě)不同就可以了。

And here s a final tidbit you re unlikely to know already: wether is a real word too. It s the name for a castrated ram.

最后一個(gè)你可能還不知道的趣聞是：wether這個(gè)單詞也是真實(shí)存在的，它是被閹割的公羊的名字。