[ (h)wɛə ] adv. 1.〔疑问〕在哪里,向哪里;哪里;在哪一点上。 W- is my hat 我的帽子在哪里? W- are you looking 你在看哪里? W- does it concern us 这在哪一点上和我们有关系? W- is the sense of it 这有什么意义? (= There is no sense in it)。 2.〔关系,有先行词〕 the place where they sing 他们唱歌的地方。 I came to London, where I found him. 我来到了伦敦,那儿我就见到他了。 3.〔关系,无先行词〕 This is where I live. 这就是我住的地方。 短语和例子 That's where it is. 〔口语〕那就是真正的理由。 That's just where you are wrong. 那正是你错误的地方。 where it's at 〔美俚〕(重要活动、发展等的)中心点;事情[形势]的核心所在。 where sb. is at 某人的本质所在。
在[去]…的地方。 Go where you like. 你爱到哪里就到哪里。 W- there's a will, there's a way. 有志气就有办法,有志者事竟成。 pron. 哪里,什么地方。 W- do you come from 你是什么地方的人? W- have you come from 你刚从什么地方来? W- are you going (to)? 你去哪里? W- from 〔口语〕打哪儿来? W- to 〔口语〕到哪儿去? n. 地点,场所。 The wheres and whens are important. 地点和时间是重要的。
Example Sentences:
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The book does not say where he was born . 书上没说他是在哪里出生的。
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Sorry , i do not know where she lives . 很抱歉,我不知道她住在哪儿。
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You must stay where you can not be seen . 你要呆在别人看不见的地方。
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Why, jon, where did you spring from ? 怎么,乔恩,你从哪儿钻出来的?
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The gate where he was leaning grew grey . 他倚着的大门变得灰白起来。
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She is dying to know where you have been . 她极想知道你到哪儿去了。
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I do not know where the money goes ! 我不知道钱都花到什么地方去了。
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Where else might i find this book ? 别的什么地方我能找到这本书呢?
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We could n't think where she had gone to . 我们想不出来她到哪里去了。
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Where could he have caught the disease ? 他在哪儿传染上了这种病呢?