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where /hweə(r)，弱 hwə(r)/ ad. | conj. | pron. | n. | phr.
I ad.
1. [疑问副词]在哪里；到哪里；从哪里；在哪一方面；处于何种情况(或地步)
Where is my hat? 我的帽子在哪里?
How bees can “tell”other members of the hive where to find food? 蜜蜂是怎样“告诉”同巢伙伴去哪里觅食的呢?
Where did he go? 他到哪里去了?
“You're going where?”my mother asked. “你上哪儿去?”我母亲问道。
Where did you read that? 你是从哪儿读到那事的?
Where is he different from you? 他在哪方面(或哪一点上)与你不同?
Where would we be without your help? 要不是你的帮助，真不知我们将处于何等境地!
Where is this argument leading? 这场争论将导致什么结果?
2. [关系副词]在那里；到那里；从那里
the hotel where we spent our honeymoon 我们曾度蜜月的那家旅馆
We came home, where we had dinner. 我们回到家里吃得晚饭。
the place where he is going 他要去的地方
3. 在…的地方
This is where I work. 这是我工作的地方。
The book is where you left it. 书仍在你原先放的地方。
That was where he failed. 这就是他失败之处。
4. 〈古〉这儿；那儿
Lo, where it comes again! 看哪! 它又来了!
II conj.
1. 在…处；到…的地方；…的地步
I'll go where you go. 你去什么地方我也去什么地方。
Use the lotion where pain is felt. 把洗液搽在痛处。
He lives where the climate is mild. 他居住在气候温和的地方。
I did get to where I wasn't terrified. 我确实达到了不害怕的地步。
2. 〈口〉然而，但是；尽管(＝ whereas)
III pron.
1. 哪里，什么地方，何处
Where did he run away to? 他逃到哪里去了?
He would never talk of from where he came. 他怎么也不肯说他是从什么地方来的。
2. 那地方，该处
His guardian finally allowed him to go to Marseilles, from where he went on his first voyage. 他的监护人终于让他去了马赛，从那儿他开始了他的首次航海旅行。
IV n.
(事件发生的)地方，地点，场所
announce the when and where of the marriage 宣布结婚的时间和地点
the wheres and hows of job hunting 求职的场所和方法
[< OE hwǣr, hwār(a); 与 OHG hwār, OE hwā who 有关] phr. Where away? 【海】什么方位? 什么方向? (得知瞭望者发现船只、陆地等时问) where it is 〈口〉关键所在；实情所在 She doesn't want to go, that's where it is. 她不愿去，问题就在这里。where it's at 〈美俚〉1. 使人大感兴趣 (或大为激动)的地方；盛大活动的中心；注意的中心，热门事 If you're interested in good food, Paris is where it's at. 如果你对美食感兴趣，那巴黎是个好去处。2. 根本性的事物； (问题的)核心所在 Education is where it's at. 教育是关键所在。 |