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| /wɪtʃ/ |
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| 1 | used for asking for a specific choice from a limited number of possibilities 哪一个（用于询问在有限的可能性中作出的某个选择） |
| Which would you like, tea or coffee? 你喜欢哪一种，茶还是咖啡？ |
| Which way did they go? 他们走了哪条路？ |
| +of Which of the secretaries did you talk to? 你跟哪一位秘书说话了？ |
| | 1a | used when someone knows, says, is not certain about etc the specific choice between two or more possibilities 哪一个（表示知道、说出或没把握在两个或更多的可能中选择） | | They’ re all so pretty – I don’ t know which one to choose. 它们都很漂亮，我不知道该选哪一个。 | | It was either whisky or vodka – I forget which. 不是威士忌就是伏特加，我忘了哪一个了。 | | Did he say which hotel he was staying at? 他说过他住在哪家旅馆了吗？ | | Idon’ t know which is worse – spending Christmas alone or watching my friends get drunk. 我不知道哪一个更糟，独自过圣诞节还是看着朋友们喝醉。 | |
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| 2 | used for introducing information that shows what specific thing or type of thing you are talking about . It is more usual and considered better to use ‘that’ to introduce this type of relative clause …的那个，…的那些（用于引出正在谈论的某种事物的信息。更常用that 引出这类关系从句， 而且人们认为用that 更好些） |
| I’ ve been thinking about those questions which you asked me last week. 我一直在思考你上周问我的那些问题。 |
| It’ s a story which every child will enjoy. 这是一个孩子们都会喜欢的故事。 |
| the air crash in which Hammarskjöld died 哈马舍尔德遇难的坠机事故 |
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| 3 | used for adding information or a comment about a particular thing or fact when it is already clear what that thing or fact is 那个，那些，那事（用于对已经清楚的事物或事实进行补充或评论） |
| Bogart starred in the film Casablanca, which was made in 1942. 鲍嘉主演了拍摄于1942年的电影《卡萨布兰卡》。 |
| Askilled workforce is essential, which is why our training programme is so important. 熟练的劳动力极其必要，这就是培训计划如此重要的原因。 |
| The search will not begin until dawn, by which time it will probably be too late. 搜查要到黎明时才开始，到那时候恐怕太晚了。 |
| in which case (=if this happens) Of course it may rain, in which case we shall have to hold the ceremony indoors. 如果是那样的话 |
| PHRASE |
| - | know/tell which is which
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| to be able to see the difference between two or more similar things |
| 分出哪个是哪个 |
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| They look exactly alike to me. How can you tell which is which? 在我看来，他们非常像，你怎么能区分出哪个是哪个？ |
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