…hesaiditwasbecauseofthecigarette,whichever,hediedsuddenlyinhisearly50s中whichever是何意思,做何功能?…hesaiditwasbecauseofthecigarette,whichever,hediedsuddenlyinhisearly50s中whichever是何意思，做

Question

…he said it was because of the cigarette ,whichever ,he died suddenly in his ear
ly 50s 中whichever 是何意思,做何功能?
…he said it was because of the cigarette ,whichever ,he died suddenly in his early 50s 中whichever 是何意思，做何功能？

Answer 1

whichever本身是个代词或者形容词,也可以作为连接词应用.这里whichever 的意思是可以有 多重的,但是要看上文下义来理解.因为前面的说话略去了,只能猜测有些死亡原因是之前有所探讨的.所以,whichever在文中的意思应该理解为：
“姑勿论、不管是何种原因”,整句的意思是：...他说有可能是 香烟、吸烟（导致的）,姑不论是什么原因,他在五十岁出头就突然身故、死去了.
所以应该看做是个连接作用的代词,代表之前所说过的一些事情、观点、考虑等等.