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"Thereto" means "to that" — to the agreement, document, or thing just mentioned. It lives almost entirely in legal writing, and mostly in a few set phrases.
"Thereto"「thereto」 means意思是 "to that"「對那個」 to the agreement, document, or thing just mentioned指前面剛提到的那份協議、文件、或東西。It lives almost entirely它幾乎只出現 in legal writing在法律文件裡 and而且大多用在幾個固定片語裡 mostly in a few set phrases。
The commonest by far is "the parties thereto" (the people who signed that agreement) and "attached thereto" / "annexed thereto" (attached to that document): "the contract and the schedules attached thereto". Another set phrase is "pursuant thereto", meaning "following that agreement".
The commonest by far目前最常見的是 "the parties thereto"「the parties thereto」(簽了那份協議的當事人) and和 "attached thereto" / "annexed thereto"「attached thereto」/「annexed thereto」(附在那份文件上) : "the contract and the schedules attached thereto"「合約以及附在其上的附表」。Another set phrase另一個固定片語是 "pursuant thereto"「pursuant thereto」 meaning意思是 "following that agreement"「依據那份協議」。
Like "thereof", it comes after the word it attaches to, and its purpose is to point back without repeating a long title. In ordinary English you say "to it" or "to that".
Like "thereof"跟「thereof」一樣 it comes after它接在 the word it attaches to它所指的那個字之後 and而 its purpose is它的作用是 to point back指回前面 without repeating a long title而不用把落落長的名稱再講一次。In ordinary English一般英文裡 you say你會說 "to it" or "to that"「to it」或「to that」。
Notice the pair: a contract you are writing says "the parties " (to THIS contract); a contract talking about a different one says "the parties thereto". That here/there switch is the heart of all these words.
Notice the pair注意這一組對照 a contract you are writing你正在寫的合約 says會說 "the parties hereto"「the parties hereto」(指這份合約) a contract talking about a different one談到另一份合約時 says則會說 "the parties thereto"「the parties thereto」。That here/there switch這個here/there的切換 is the heart of all these words就是這一整組字的關鍵所在。
組成there + to. "There" for "that", plus "to" — so "to that".
同家族的字
- thereofthere- ("that") + of, the same pattern
- heretohere + to: to this document — "the parties hereto"
- wheretowhere + to: to which (now rare)
- thereafteranother there- word, pointing back at that time
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
theretoadv/ˌðɛəˈtuː/
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formalTo that.
- 'There,' she went on, 'it [a scarab] must be one like it, and yet never did I see one like it, for thereto hung a history, and he who wore it prized it much.[']
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archaicTo it.
- He strung the angelot; / Made rhymes thereto; […]
- A man who allows wild passion to arise within, himself burns his heart, then after burning adds the wind that thereto which ignites the fire again, or not, as the case may be.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。