whereas
conjunction
weərˈæz
conjunction
1
used
to
say
that
although
something
is
true
of
one
thing,
it
is
not
true
of
another
[正式] 但是，却; 尽管
formal
The
old
system
was
fairly
complicated
whereas
the
new
system
is
really
very
simple.
旧系统相当复杂，而新系统却很简单。
Whereas
the
city
spent
over
$1
billion
on
its
museums
and
stadium,
it
failed
to
look
after
its
schools.
这个城市花了 10 亿美元建造博物馆和体育馆，但是它却忽略了校园建设。
2
used
at
the
beginning
of
an
official
document
to
mean
‘because
of
a
particular
fact’
[法律] 鉴于〔用于文件的开头〕
law