These two statements are identical; the statement works the same whether or not WORK is used.

这两个语句是相同的；两个语句的行为是一样的，不管是否使用 WORK。

youdao

It is safe to say that in the near future, all phones will have some form of online access, whether it is being used or not.

可以有把握地说，在不久的将来，无论使用与否，所有手机将具有在线访问功能。

youdao

Prior to ejb 3.0, you had to implement callback methods, such as ejbCreate , on the bean class; bean classes had to implement all the methods, whether they used them or not.

在ejb 3.0之前，必须在Bean类上实现回调方法，如ejbcreate ； bean类必须实现所有方法，无论是否使用它们。

youdao

"What we assure is that the technologies that do come on the market are safe and effective, but whether or not they should be used on a given case,a given patient, is a decision that is made by the individual practitioner."

VOA: standard.2010.04.07

Any work that has been done on the project, whether used or not for its original purpose, now exists on the Web forever.

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Because his statement was not made under oath, it is not clear whether it can be used as evidence or not.

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