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They've set up a plan whereby you can spread the cost over a two-year period.他们已经制订了这样一个计划,允许在一段时间内分期付款。
We need to devise some sort of system whereby people can liaise with each other.我们需要设计一套办法,人们能够借以互相保持联络。
not standard in which, or with which在…的情况下;处于…的位置
It's put me in a position whereby I can't afford to take a job.这使我到了一种连工作也做不了的地步。