wherewithal

noun

1. （做某事的）所需资金，必要的设备，所需技术
   the money, things or skill that you need in order to be able to do sth
   1. They lacked the wherewithal to pay for the repairs.
      他们缺少维修费。

1. N-SING (某一特定用途的)必要设备，必要手段;（尤指）所需资金
   If you have the wherewithal for something, you have the means, especially the money, that you need for it.
   1. She didn't have the financial wherewithal to do it...
      她没有做这件事所需的资金。
   2. Some of the companies illegally sent the wherewithal for making chemical weapons.
      有些公司非法为制造化学武器提供所需的资金和设备等。

1. She didn't have the financial wherewithal to do it
   她没有做这件事所需的资金。
2. Some of the companies illegally sent the wherewithal for making chemical weapons.
   有些公司非法为制造化学武器提供所需的资金和设备等。
3. I should like to buy a new car but haven't got the wherewithal.
   我希望买一辆汽车，但是还没有筹到这笔钱。
4. It has had the size, wherewithal, and experience to help themselves and customers implement green computing.
   IBM在帮助自己和客户实现绿色计算方面投入了大量资金，具备丰富的经验。
5. All of us are vaguely fit. We have the wherewithal to be reliable and punctual.
   我们都算得上健康，也有必要的工具让自己可靠和准时。
6. The good news is that you already have the linguistic wherewithal to work in China: English remains the language of global business.
   好消息是，你已经拥有了在中国工作的语言资本：英语仍然是全球商业语言。
7. Wherewithal shall we feed the child?
   我们用什么喂养孩子？
8. We knew how to defeat them, and we had the wherewithal to do so.
   我们知道怎样才能打败他们，我们也具备所需的资源。
9. The purpose of a revival would not be to add permanently to emerging country reserves but to provide these countries with the wherewithal to increase investment.
   重提这一计划的用意，不是要永久地增加新兴国家的储备，而是为这些国家提供扩大投资的必要资金。
10. But it also meant that, when the crunch came, they had the wherewithal to spend.
    但这同时还意味着，它们在危机到来时仍有钱可花。
11. In addition to developing the political capacity for leadership, the time Beijing spends getting its house in order would allow China to develop the economic wherewithal to lead.
    除了要发展领导力所需的政治能力，北京花在整理内务上的时间可以让中国得以发展领导地位所必须的经济资源。
12. Hay can be used to feed animals. Wherewithal shall we feed the child?
    干草可用来喂养牲畜。我们用什么喂养孩子？
13. State-led companies that have received massive stimulus-related loans now have the wherewithal to buy private enterprises, some of which are struggling in the downturn.
    受政府掌控的各家公司获得了大量与刺激计划有关的贷款，从而具备了收购私有企业所需的必要资金其中一些私有企业正在经济低迷期举步维艰。
14. Wherewithal shall we feed the child? The lamb had to be brought up by hand.
    我们用什么喂养孩子？这只小羊要用奶瓶喂养。
15. But the bank perhaps could have waited until stronger earnings gave it greater wherewithal to repay its debts.
    但该银行或许应该等到业绩更为强劲、有更多的资金用于偿债时再说。
16. I'd like a new car but I have not the wherewithal to pay for it.
    我很想有一辆新汽车，但我没有买车的财力。
17. We will need to reflect on the long-held premise that sophisticated investors have the wherewithal to look out for themselves and require minimal, if any, supervision.
    我们需要反思一种长期存在的假设，即成熟的投资者拥有必要的资金来照料自己，因此只需要最低限度（如果需要的话）的监管。
18. Didn't have the wherewithal to survivean economic downturn.
    不具备必要的资金以维持度过经济衰退。
19. Mr Obama almost certainly has the wherewithal to put together policies on a wide range of subjects.
    奥巴马先生几乎肯定拥有了必要的资金，从而针对广阔范围的主题来整理政策。
20. A country that has wherewithal to buy wine, will always get the wine which it has occasion for.
    一个有资力购买葡萄酒的国家，总会获得它所需要的葡萄酒。
21. Where did they get the wherewithal to finance all those concerts?
    他们从哪里筹到经费来举办那么些音乐会的？
22. As a country which has wherewithal to buy tobacco will never be long in want of it.
    有资力购买烟草的国家，决不会长久缺乏烟草。
23. Further, the Church not only controlled education but also possessed the wherewithal to employ the most skillful craftsmen.
    更何况，教会不只垄断教育，而且也拥有财势去雇用技术一流的巧匠。
24. Poor families lack the wherewithal to hire good lawyers and the sophistication to fight the system.
    贫困家庭缺乏聘请好律师的必要资金及专业知识来与这一体制做斗争。
25. In a video interview with the Financial Times, Mr Gupta said that while China had probably a trillion dollars of non-performing assets in its banking system, the country had the wherewithal and capacity to be able to deal with that.
    在英国《金融时报》的视频采访中，古普塔表示，尽管中国银行系统有大约一万亿美元不良资产，不过中国有足够的资金和能力处理这个问题。
26. Ideally I'd like to buy a bigger house but I lack the wherewithal.
    理想的话，我想买一座大一点的房子，但我缺少必要的资金。
27. I'd like a new car but I lack the wherewithal.
    我想买辆新轿车，可是缺少资金。
28. When we decide we are going to take something global, we have the wherewithal, he says.
    当我们决定将某种产品在全球推广时，我们拥有一切必要的资源，威德曼说。
29. All I could do was hope to see the day when these children would find the wherewithal to break the bonds of their conditioning, establish a truth of their own.
    我所能做的，就是希望看到有一天，这些孩子能够有足够的条件去打破外在环境的束缚，建立他们自己的真实世界。
30. But not all welders have the desire or the wherewithal to learn [ robotics], he says.
    但并非所有的焊工都有强烈的意愿或者必要本事来学习机器人技术。他说。

noun

1. the necessary means (especially financial means)