Thither

(adv.) To that place; -- opposed to hither.

(adv.) To that point, end, or result; as, the argument tended thither.

(a.) Being on the farther side from the person speaking; farther; -- a correlative of hither; as, on the thither side of the water.

(a.) Applied to time: On the thither side of, older than; of more years than. See Hither, a.

贝弗莉录入

• To go thither, to escape across the Ohio river, were the first hurried outlines of her plan of escape; beyond that, she could only hope in God. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Thus they reached Mr Venus's establishment, somewhat heated by the nature of their progress thither. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Thither he stole away whenever he could leave the shop, and not even Anna went with him, nor even to her did he tell what he was doing. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• I flew thither and back, bringing the desired vessels. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• There were some twenty men running hither and thither about the deck, pulling and hauling on ropes. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• I went thither to render to Isaac the Jew of York, replied Gurth, the price of a suit of armour with which he fitted my master for this tournament. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• She took it in silence, and they moved away, not toward the supper-room, but against the tide which was setting thither. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Thither I went, and there I found him, putting the key of his safe down his back as the clock struck. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• A dozen dead and dying men rolled hither and thither upon the pitching deck, the living intermingled with the dead. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Times are altered at Ostend now; of the Britons who go thither, very few look like lords, or act like those members of our hereditary aristocracy. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• But he said, My son, at Philadelphia, has lately lost his principal hand, Aquilla Rose, by death; if you go thither, I believe he may employ you. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• We journey thither tomorrow to see the celebrated ruins. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• It is the superiority of price which attracts them; and as soon as that superiority ceases, they necessarily cease to go thither. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• They walked thither directly. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• This lowest price is that which barely replaces, with a moderate profit, the stock which must be employed in bringing the commodity thither. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Mr. Casaubon led the way thither. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Of myself I cannot find him --but you know where he lies--lead me thither. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• I see him from the window, moving hither and thither uneasily among the carriages at the door. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Thither will I go, said Locksley. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• I could find it nowhere but at the inn, and thither, ere long, I returned. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• The jolly Hermit at length agrees to venture thither, and to enquire for Jack Fletcher, which is the name assumed by the King. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• It naturally aims at bringing always that precise quantity thither which may be sufficient to supply, and no more than supply, that demand. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Before Hortense followed them thither, Caroline had only time again to question, Not my enemy, Robert? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• She bustled up to Pitt's bedroom, leading on the servants, who were carrying his trunks thither. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Our journey thither was uneventful. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• I looked, and there, above us, I saw shadowy bodies flitting hither and thither high over temple, court, and garden. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Thither I repaired, glad at least to go downstairs; for that brought me, I imagined, nearer to Mr. Rochester's presence. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Of course their place was at the first table, and being conducted thither, they filled up the whole remaining space. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Riderless thoats plunged hither and thither among the dead and dying. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• They were blown hither and thither for two months, until sick and dying of scurvy, starvation, and thirst, they had been wrecked on a small islet. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.

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