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adv.(副词)At or in what place:哪里:在…地方:例句:Where is the telephoneô电话在哪儿ô
In what situation or position:某种情势或位置:例句:Where would we be without your helpô如果不是你的帮助我们将会处于何等境地呢ô
From what place or source:从何处:例句:Where did you get this ideaô你从哪里弄到这个主意ô
To what place; toward what end:到哪里,朝什么目的:例句:Where is this argument leadingô这场争论将导致什么结果ô
conj.(连接词)At what or which place:在那里:例句:She moved to the city, where jobs are available.她搬到了城里,在那里工作好找
In a place in which:在…地方:例句:He lives where the climate is mild.他住在一个气候温暖的地方
In any place or situation in which; wherever:无论哪里:无论在什么地方或处于何种情况;无论哪里:例句:Where there`s smoke, there`s fire.哪里有烟,哪里就有火
To a place in which:到…地方:例句:We should go where it is quieter.我们应该到更安静些的地方去
To a place or situation in which:到…地方或…的地步的形势:例句:They will go where they are happy.他们想到他们快乐的地方去
n.(名词)The place or occasion:地方,场所:例句:We know the when but not the where of it.我们知道时间却不知道地点
What place, source, or cause:何处,什么来源,什么原因:例句:Where are you fromô你从哪里来ô
来源:Middle English 中古英语 from Old English hwôr * see k wo- 源自 古英语 hwôr *参见 k wo-
Whenwhere is used to refer to a point of origin, the prepositionfrom is required: Where did she come fromô When it is used to refer to a point of destination,the prepositionto is generally superfluous: Where is she goingô ( preferable toWhere is she going toô ). When it is used to refer to the place at which an event or a situation is located,the use ofat is widely regarded as regional or colloquial: Where is the stationô (not Where is the station atô ). The idiomatic phrasewhere it`s at, widely used in the 9'0`s to refer to .the current state of things,. is now largely passô, except when used for stylistic effect: 当where 被用来指起源方面时, 介词from 就需要用上: 她从哪里来ô 当它被用来指目的地时,介词to 就通常是多余的: 她要去哪里ô ( 比起她要向哪里去ô 更可取)。 当它被用来指事件所发生的场合或一种局面形势所处的地方时,使用at 则被广泛认作是地区性的或口语化的: 车站在哪里ô (而不是 车站位于什么地方ô )。 惯用语短语where it`s at 在20世纪'0年代广泛被用来指.事情的当前状态.,现已很大程度上过时了, 除非当我们用它来加强文体效果: 例句:.Generally, I knew where he was at, but couldn`t always tell where he was coming from. (Robert M. Adams).See Usage Note at why .通常来说,我知道他在什么地方,但我却不总能说出他从哪里来. (罗伯特·M·亚当斯)参见 why