whatever是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为pron. 无论什么a. 无论什么样的，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在辛克莱·刘易斯的《阿罗史密斯》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Madeline gazed at something far away and, whatever it was, she did not like it.
-- For whatever infidelities he might ever commit he was adequately punished before they had reached the Grand Hotel.
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《罪与罚》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He was so weary after a whole month of concentrated wretchedness and gloomy excitement that he longed to rest, if only for a moment, in some other world, whatever it might be; and, in spite of the filthiness of the surroundings, he was glad now to stay in the tavern.
-- At the counter stood a boy of about fourteen, and there was another boy somewhat younger who handed whatever was wanted.
-- 'Pieces of torn linen couldn't rouse suspicion, whatever happened; I think not, I think not, any way!'
-- 'Where is it I've read that someone condemned to death says or thinks, an hour before his death, that if he had to live on some high rock, on such a narrow ledge that he'd only room to stand, and the ocean, everlasting darkness, everlasting solitude, everlasting tempest around him, if he had to remain stand-ing on a square yard of space all his life, a thousand years, eternity, it were better to live so than to die at once!Only to live, to live and live!Life, whatever it may be!芒聙娄 How true it is!Good God, how true!Man is a vile creature!芒聙娄 And vile is he who calls him vile for that,' he added a moment later.
-- Ten minutes later, however, she was considerably reassured; it was characteristic of Razumihin 284 Crime and Punishmentthat he showed his true nature at once, whatever mood he might be in, so that people quickly saw the sort of man they had to deal with.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《大卫科波菲尔》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Whatever I am, I am affectionate.
-- They kept alive my fancy, and my hope of somethingbeyond that place and time,- they, and the Arabian Nights, and theTales of the Genii,- and did me no harm; for whatever harm was insome of them was not there for me; I knew nothing of it.
-- He appeared surprised at this- I see him stop and look at me now-and after considering for a few moments said he wanted to call onan old person who lived not far off, and that the best way would befor me to buy some bread, or whatever I liked best that waswholesome, and make my breakfast at her house, where we couldget some milk.
-- Whatever I had within me that was romantic and dreamy, wasencouraged by so much story-telling in the dark; and in thatrespect the pursuit may not have been very profitable to me.
-- It was the day of theweek on which Mr. Sharp went out to get his wig curled: so Mr.Mell who always did the drudgery, whatever it was, kept schoolby himself.
在简·奥斯汀的《爱玛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Her father fondly replied, 'Ah!my dear, I wish you would not make matches and foretell things, for whatever you say always comes to pass.
-- Whatever money he might come into when his father died, whatever his share of the family property, it is, I dare say, all afloat, all employed in his stock, and so forth; and though, with diligence and good luck, he may be rich in time, it is next to impossible that he should have realised any thing yet.'
-- Men of sense, whatever you may chuse to say, do not want silly wives.
-- She must abide by the evil of having refused him, whatever it may be; and as to the refusal itself, I will not pretend to say that I might not influence her a little; but I assure you there was very little for me or for any body to do.
-- 'Whatever you say is always right,' cried Harriet, 'and therefore I suppose, and believe, and hope it must be so; but otherwise I could not have imagined it.
在托马斯·哈代的《远离尘嚣》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- There was no necessity whatever for her looking in the glass.
-- The sensation may be caused by the panoramic glide of the stars past earthly objects, which is perceptible in a few minutes of stillness, or by the better outlook upon space that a hill affords, or by the wind, or by the solitude; but whatever be its origin, the impression of riding along is vivid and abiding.
-- The inside of the hut, as it now presented itself, was cosy and alluring, and the scarlet handful of fire in addition to the candle, reflecting its own genial colour upon whatever it could reach, flung associations of enjoyment even over utensils and tools.
-- In making even horizontal and clear inspections we colour and mould according to the wants within us whatever our eyes bring in.
-- "Oh, never mind that," said the girl, smiling, and allowing her smile to hold good for Gabriel's next remark, whatever that might prove to be.
在玛丽·雪莱的《弗兰肯斯坦》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I remembered too well the treatment I had suffered the night before from the barbarous villagers, and resolved, whatever course of conduct I might hereafter think it right to pursue, that for the present I would remain quietly in my hovel, watching and endeavouring to discover the motives which influenced their actions.
-- I had before regarded my promise with a gloomy despair as a thing that, with whatever con-sequences, must be fulfilled; but I now felt as if a film had been taken from before my eyes and that I for the first time saw clearly.
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