An old, formal word meaning "to which place" or "to which thing" — and, in questions, "to what place? to what end?". You meet it in old writing: "the room whereto he was taken", "whereto shall I compare this?".

An old, formal word一個古老、正式的字 meaning "to which place" or "to which thing"意思是「到那個地方」或「到那件事上」—— and, in questions而在問句裡 "to what place? to what end?"是「到什麼地方？為了什麼目的？」。 You meet it你會在 in old writing古老的文章裡遇到它: "the room whereto he was taken"「the room whereto he was taken（他被帶去的那個房間）」, "whereto shall I compare this?"「whereto shall I compare this？（我該拿這個比作什麼呢？）」。

Two things are happening in this small word. Most often it is a joining word standing for "to which": instead of "the goal to which we work", older writing says "the goal whereto we work". Less often it is a question word, "where to?" pushed into one word, and there it can slide from place to purpose — "whereto does all this lead?" is really asking what the point is.

Two things are happening in this small word這個小字身上其實有兩件事在發生。 Most often最常見的情況下 it is a joining word standing for "to which"它是個連接詞，代表「to which（到那個……的）」: instead of "the goal to which we work"與其說"the goal to which we work"， older writing says較老的寫法會說 "the goal whereto we work"「the goal whereto we work」。 Less often比較少見的情況下 it is a question word它是個疑問詞， "where to?" pushed into one word就是「where to？」擠成一個字, and there it can slide from place to purpose在這種用法裡它可以從「地方」滑向「目的」—— "whereto does all this lead?"「whereto does all this lead？」 is really asking what the point is其實是在問這一切的意義是什麼。

Today nobody speaks like this. Modern English splits it up and puts the little word at the end: "Where are you going to?" or simply "Where to?" — which taxi drivers in every English-speaking city still say. So the pieces survive; only the joined-up written form has gone.

Today nobody speaks like this現在沒有人這樣講話了。 Modern English splits it up現代英文把它拆開了 and puts the little word at the end把那個小字放到句尾: "Where are you going to?"「Where are you going to？」 or simply "Where to?"或直接說「Where to？」—— which taxi drivers in every English-speaking city still say這是每個講英文的城市裡計程車司機還在用的說法。 So the pieces survive所以那些零件還在, only the joined-up written form has gone只有連在一起的那個書面寫法消失了。