adv.因此；从而
They paid cash, thereby avoiding interest charges. 他们付了现款，因此不必另外加息。
He became a citizen, thereby gaining the right to vote. 他成为公民，并因此获得了选举权。
I have never been to that city; thereby I don't know much about it. 我从未去过那座城市,因此对它不怎么熟悉。
