whereas
US:/hwerˈæz/
UK:/weərˈæz/
conj.:
尽管；（用于正式文件中句子的开头）鉴于
网络:
然而；反之；却
Examples
1.
They use the word as if it refers to a particular vampire monster, whereas in fact today in common usage it just means "weird animal. "
他们使用这个词时，把它当成了一种对奇特的吸血怪兽的通称，而事实上，它现在的通用意思不过是“怪异的动物”。
2.
Whereas, according to female students, having a boyfriend that acts like an ATM machine is not always welcome.
但是，在女生看来，一个像自动取款机一样的男友并不总那么受欢迎。
3.
"Whereas the PRI is driven by power, the PAN tends to be driven by ideology, " says Luis Rubio, the head of CIDAC, a think-tank.
智库机构CIDAC负责人路易斯•卢比奥说：“PRI是以权力为动力的，而PAN则倾向于受思想意识推动。”
4.
No one ever really came to visit us in Madrid, whereas everyone seems to want to come out here to see us.
在马德里的时候，没有人来看望我们，不过在这里好像很多人都愿意结识我们。
5.
A CV for a new graduate might be one page, whereas those at the top of their profession might require dozens of pages.
一个刚毕业的学生可能写一页纸，而那些行业精英们可能需要一打纸。
6.
Since the law was never a passion, whereas convictions were rooted in his being, politics would seem to have been a natural career for him.
虽然法律从来和激情不沾边，但是法律信念却植根在他的本性之中，政治活动将会成为他天生的职业。
7.
Less-anxious mice did not avoid handlers that restrained them by the scruff of the neck, whereas tail-snatched mice scurried away.
抓其颈背，较少焦虑的小鼠不避处理器约束他们，同时抓住小鼠尾基部直接提起小鼠会急忙跑开。
8.
The boy told the TV host about his uncertain future at being left on his own, whereas the girl was full of enthusiasm for her life.
男孩对电视节目主持人谈起留给他的未来不禁感慨前途渺茫，而女孩，却对她未来的生活充满了热情。
9.
I prefer to think of the future as a 'don't know', whereas before we thought there was no chance at all.
之前我们认定已经毫无机会了，但我宁愿认为将来是‘未知’的。
10.
It has a history, whereas America is still making history, animated by an eschatological tension toward the future.
当美国还被面向未来的末世紧张情绪促使着创造历史的时候，欧洲已经有了自己的历史。