“天气”是“weather”还是“whether”？“wether”又是什么？

Weather /'weðə/

Definition:

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

由温度、风、云和降雨等一系列状态变化组成的气象现象的合称

Example:

Tomorrow the weather should be warm and sunny.

明天的天气应该是温暖和晴朗的。

Whether /'weðə/

Definition:

introduces two alternatives

介绍两种选择

Example:

It will take ages whether you drive or fly.

无论你开车还是坐飞机，都要花很长时间

也许你能清楚的明白这两者的区别，

但是就是记不住怎么办?

下面小编就从网友那里找到了一个记忆的小窍门，

快看看适不适合你

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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."

天气(像是暴风雨)会影响海洋，海洋sea的拼写中有一个“ea”，天气“weather”中也有一个“ea”。

Weather affects the sea.

天气影响海洋。

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

另一个单词(whether)是一个为引出选项的连词

I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

我不知道我应该哭还是笑。

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

你只要记住“sea”和“weather”都有“ea”这个窍门，而“whether”作为连词和它拼写不同就可以了。

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.

最后一个你可能还不知道的趣闻是：wether这个单词也是真实存在的，它是被阉割的公羊的名字。