6ANGRYSURPRISEDused when asking a question to emphasize that you are surprised or slightly angry about something 究竟是什么〔用于疑问句中,强调对某事感到惊讶或有些生气〕
Whatever can he mean?
他究竟是什么意思?
‘Did you know she’s dyed her hair orange?’ ‘Whatever next?’
“你知不知道她把头发染成橙色了?”“她接下来还会干什么?”
7AGREEused as a reply to say that you do not care what is done or chosen, or that the exact details of something do not matter 什么都可以,随便什么都行
‘What flavour do you want? Strawberry, vanilla ...?’ ‘Whatever.’
“你想要什么口味的?草莓、香草……?”“什么都行。”
‘It was Monday, not Tuesday.’ ‘Whatever.’
“是星期一,不是星期二。”“这无所谓。”
8whatever you say/think/wantused to tell someone that you agree with them or will do what they want, especially when you do not really agree or want to do it 随你说/想/要〔用于表示赞成,尤指并非真的赞同或想做某事〕
‘How about camping, just for a change?’ ‘OK, whatever you want.’
“换个花样,去野营怎样?”“好啊,随你便。”
‘I think we’d better discuss this with your parents.’ ‘Whatever you think best.’
“我认为我们最好和你父母商量一下这事。”“你觉得怎么最好就怎么办吧。”
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whatever you say/think/want• I eatwhatever I want and run three miles a day.• The hon. Gentleman can make whatever he wants of it, but it will still not save his seat.• I know that I had no intention of stopping the procedure, whatever anyone said or did to influence me.• You think you should get whatever you want right away.• Dare they call her bluff and just let her get on with whatever she thought she could do to inconvenience them?• In my stupidity-or whatever you want to call it-I tried to move around to his left.• Eurydice said her daughter could do whatever she wanted to do.• And she always did whatever she wanted, which was mostly enjoy herself and ignore her homework.
She has shown no interest whatever in anything scientific.
凡是与科学有关的她都没有表现出任何兴趣。
This is just a stupid argument that has nothing whatever to do with your job.
这只是一场无聊的争论,和你的工作没有任何关系。
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whatever• My life has been so short that I really know nothing whatever.• It's just that it shows no signwhatever of happening.• She gave no sign whatever of what she was thinking.