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单词 where
释义
where ★★★
FUNCTION WORD  
/weə/
  Where can be used in the following ways
where 有以下用法
  as a question adverb (introducing a direct or indirect question)用作疑问副词(引导直接或间接疑问句): Where are you going? 你去哪儿? I wonder where she lives. 我想知道她住哪儿。
  as a relative adverb (referring back to a noun and introducing a relative clause)用作关系副词(回指前面的名词并引导关系从句): I know a place where you can hide. 我知道一个你可以藏身的地方。 (introducing a clause that is subject, object, or complement of another clause)引导作另一个分句的主语、宾语或补语的从句: Stratford is where Shakespeare was born. 斯特拉特福是莎士比亚的出生地。
  as a conjunction (connecting two clauses)用作连词(连接两个分句): I’ ve hidden the money where no one will find it. 我已经把钱藏到了一个谁也找不着的地方。
1 in or to what place
注意,可以说 Where is he going?或Where is he going to? 这两种说法都是正确的。
1a used for asking what place someone or something is in , or what place they go to (用于询问)在哪里,去哪里

Where would you like to sit? 你想坐在哪里?

Iwonder where Jack’ s gone. 我想知道杰克去哪儿了。

where...to Do you know where the road leads to? 你知道这条路通向哪里吗?

where...from Where did the package come from? 这个包裹从哪儿寄来的?

1b used when someone knows or says what place someone or something is in or what place they go to (用于陈述)在哪里,去哪里

She didn’ t say where she works. 她没有说她在哪里工作。

Idon’ t know where Jack is taking me for our anniversary. 我不知道杰克要带我到哪儿去庆祝我们的周年纪念日。

2 in or to a particular place
used for referring to a particular place that someone or something is in or that they go to 在那里;去那里

We were led to the dining room, where lunch was being served. 我们被带到餐厅,那儿正在供应午餐。

Put the picture where I can see it. 把图片放在我能看见的地方。

This cupboard is where she keeps all her sewing things. 这个小橱是她放针线的地方。

Iwas a teacher in the college where Khalil was studying. 我是个老师,在哈利勒正在就读的那所学院教书。

Where the temple once stood there is now a multi-storey car park. 过去庙宇所在的地方现在成了多层停车场。

3 at a particular point
used for asking about or referring to a situation or a point in a process , discussion , story etc 处于何种情况;在什么地方

Where shall I start? 我该从哪儿开始?

We may find ourselves in a situation where we can’ t pay our debts. 我们会发现我们自己陷入了不能还债的境地。

Eventually I reached the point where I was beginning to enjoy my work. 我终于开始喜欢我的工作了。

The Labour Party wants to raise taxes, and this is where we differ from them. 工党想提高税收,这是我们与他们的不同之处。

4 from what origin
used for asking or saying what the origin of something is 从哪里;从那里

Idon’ t know where she gets these ideas. 我不知道她这些想法是从哪里来的。

where...from Xavier is an unusual name. Where does it come from? 泽维尔这个名字很特别,是怎么来的?

5 used for showing differences
used when comparing two people , things, actions etc and showing how they are different 尽管,然而(用于比较两个人、物或行为,显示其中的差别)

But where a less determined man might have admitted defeat, Wallace fought back with renewed vigour. 意志不够坚定的人可能已经承认失败,但是华莱士却重新振作进行反击。

PHRASE
-   where it’ s at spoken
used for describing a situation that is very good , exciting , or fashionable
  美好的地方;令人激动的地方;时尚去处

The downtown dance scene is where it’ s at. 市中心舞会的场面真是刺激。

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