Some people pke coffee, whereas others pke tea.有人喜欢咖啡,然而也有人喜欢茶。

His children are well bred, whereas those of his sister's are naughty.他的孩子很有教养，但他姐姐的孩子却调皮得很。

Whereas we want a flat, they would rather pve in a house.我们想住公寓房，而他们却想住一所房子。

Whereas the peoples of the colonies have been grieved and burdened with taxes...鉴于各殖民地民众备受重税负担之苦....

Some praise him, whereas others condemn him.
有些人赞扬他,而有些人谴责他。

Whereas the amendment is enthusiastically supported by a large majority in the Senate, its fate is doubtful in the House.
尽管此修正案在参议院得到了多数议员的热情支持,但在众议院其命运很难确定。

whereas是从属连词,多引导对比状语从句,含意上相当于while,但语气更强,也更正式。

whereas偶尔也可引导让步状语从句,这时主句和从句常有对偶关系。

当在法律和合同等文件中，whereas有“考虑到……”、“鉴于……”的意思，而在其它情境中，不可采用此意。

Some people pke coffee, whereas others pke tea.有人喜欢咖啡,然而也有人喜欢茶。

His children are well bred, whereas those of his sister's are naughty.他的孩子很有教养，但他姐姐的孩子却调皮得很。

Whereas we want a flat, they would rather pve in a house.我们想住公寓房，而他们却想住一所房子。

Whereas the peoples of the colonies have been grieved and burdened with taxes...鉴于各殖民地民众备受重税负担之苦....

Some praise him, whereas others condemn him.
有些人赞扬他,而有些人谴责他。

Whereas the amendment is enthusiastically supported by a large majority in the Senate, its fate is doubtful in the House.
尽管此修正案在参议院得到了多数议员的热情支持,但在众议院其命运很难确定。

• while当 ... 的时候...
• although虽然
• though虽然
• as同样地
• since因为
• because因为
• for为
• but但是
• however然而
• inasmuch as 由于
• forasmuch asconj 鉴于
• seeing that鉴于
• considering that因为
• where在哪里
• even though即使
• the那
• inasmuch由于
• seeing由于
• even平坦的
• contrary相反的
• that那
• forasmuch 鉴于 ...
• on在 ... 之上
• considering 鉴于
• yet还
• still静止的
• nevertheless尽管如此