conj.盡管；（用于正式文件中句子的開頭）鑒于網(wǎng)絡(luò)然而；反之；卻
連詞
1. Some people like fatty meat, whereas others hate it.
有些人喜歡肥肉，而有些人卻不喜歡。
2. They want a house, whereas we would rather live in a flat.
他們想要一座房子，而我們寧愿住在一套房間里。
3. Some people like fat meat, whereas others hate it.
有些人喜歡肥肉，相反有些人討厭肥肉。
Apply for a school-(申請(qǐng)學(xué)校)
A：I’m trying to decide what school to apply for.
我在考慮申請(qǐng)哪一所學(xué)校。
B：Are you thinking about a public school or a private one？
是上公立學(xué)校還是私立學(xué)校？
A：I’m not sure. What’s the difference between them?
我也不知道。有什么區(qū)別？
B：Public schools are usually state funded, whereas private schools usually get their funding elsewhere.
公立學(xué)校通常是州政府投資辦學(xué)，而私立學(xué)校通常是通過其他方式籌集資金。
A：Which is better?
那么哪一個(gè)更好呢？
B：One isn’t necessarily better than the other. It depends a lot on the school administration and the teachers.
不是一所就比另外一所好。這跟學(xué)校的管理和師資有很大關(guān)系。
A：I hear you have to wear unifomp3s at private schools.
我聽說私立學(xué)校要穿校服。
B：Yeah, sometimes.
是，有時(shí)候是這樣。
1. 而,卻,反之：額外的 extra | 而,卻,反之 whereas | 而不,不顧 rather than
1. (表示對(duì)比)但是，然而
You use whereas to introduce a comment which contrasts with what is said in the main clause.
e.g. Pensions are linked to inflation, whereas they should be linked to the cost of living...
養(yǎng)老金與通貨膨脹掛鉤，然而它們其實(shí)應(yīng)該和生活費(fèi)用掛鉤。
e.g. Whereas the population of working age increased by 1 million between 1981 and 1986, today it is barely growing.
1981年到1986年間適齡工作人口增長(zhǎng)了100萬，而現(xiàn)如今該人口數(shù)卻幾乎沒有增長(zhǎng)。