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Where is used as a question word to ask about the location of something, and as a conjunction to introduce clauses about place, situation, or stage. It can also be used in contrast.

Where 用作疑问词时,询问某物所在、来自或去往的地点;用作连词时,引导从句提及某物所在或某事发生的地点;还可用作疑问词或连词,询问或谈论情况、阶段或方面;作为连词,有时也用于对比。

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/(h)we͟ə(r)/
Usually pronounced /weə/ for meanings 2 and 3. 义项2和3在句中通常不作重读。
1
[QUEST 疑问词](用于疑问句)在哪里,从哪里,到哪里 You use where to ask questions about the place something is in, or is coming from or going to.
  • Where did you meet him?...

    你在哪里见过他?

  • Where's Anna?...

    安娜在哪里?

  • Where are we going?...

    我们要去哪里?

  • 'You'll never believe where Julie and I are going.' — 'Where?'

    “你肯定想不到我和朱莉要去哪里。”——“去哪里啊?”

2
[CONJ-SUBORD 连词](尤用于动词和形容词后引导从句,表示某物所在或某事发生的地点)那里,那儿 You use where after certain words, especially verbs and adjectives, to introduce a clause in which you mention the place in which something is situated or happens.
  • People began looking across to see where the noise was coming from...

    人们开始四下察看,想弄清楚那声响来自何处。

  • He knew where Henry Carter had gone...

    他知道亨利·卡特去了哪里。

  • If he's got something on his mind he knows where to find me...

    如果他有什么想法的话,他知道去哪儿能找到我。

  • Ernest Brown lives about a dozen blocks from where the riots began.

    欧内斯特·布朗住在离骚乱发生处几个街区远的地方。

  • Where is also a relative pronoun.
    • ...available at the travel agency where you book your holiday...

      可以在你预订度假游的旅行社查到

    • Wanchai boasts the Academy of Performing Arts, where everything from Chinese Opera to Shakespeare is performed.

      湾仔拥有香港演艺学院,从京剧到莎士比亚的各种剧目都在这里上演。

3
[QUEST 疑问词](用于疑问句)在哪一地点,在哪一阶段,在哪方面 You use where to ask questions about a situation, a stage in something, or an aspect of something.
  • Where will it all end?...

    它会在哪儿全部结束?

  • If they get their way, where will it stop?...

    如果他们找到路,那路的尽头又会在哪里?

  • It's not so simple. They'll have to let the draft board know, and then where will we be?

    事情不是那么简单的。他们必须让征兵局了解情况,那接下来我们又会怎么样呢?

4
[CONJ-SUBORD 连词](尤用于某些动词和形容词后,引导表示地点、某事物所处状态、阶段等的从句)在哪儿,从哪儿 You use where after certain words, especially verbs and adjectives, to introduce a clause in which you mention a situation, a stage in something, or an aspect of something.
  • It's not hard to see where she got her feelings about herself...

    不难看出她从何处获得的这种自我感觉。

  • She had a feeling she already knew where this conversation was going to lead...

    她觉得自己已经知道这次谈话寓意何在。

  • I didn't know where to start.

    我不知该从哪儿着手。

  • Where is also a relative pronoun.
    • ...that delicate situation where a friend's confidence can easily be betrayed...

      容易辜负朋友信任的微妙情形

    • The government is at a stage where it is willing to talk to almost anyone.

      政府现在几乎愿意与任何人对话。

5
[CONJ-SUBORD 连词](用于引导从句进行对比)然而 You use where to introduce a clause that contrasts with the other parts of the sentence.
  • Where some people learned to play the accordion for dances in their community, others took music lessons...

    一些人学习弹手风琴,为他们社区里的舞蹈表演进行伴奏,而其他人则上音乐课。

  • Sometimes a teacher will be listened to, where a parent might not.

    有时教师的话会听,而父母的话可能就不听。


Oxford where ★ / weə(r) ; NAmE wer /
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adverb ★ 1 ★ in or to what place or situation 在哪里;到哪里;处于哪种情形 ◆ Where do you live? 你住在哪儿? ◆ I wonder where they will take us to. 我不知道他们要把我们带到哪里去。 ◆ Where (= at what point)did I go wrong in my calculations? 我计算中什么地方出了差错? ◆ Where (= in what book, newspaper, etc.)did you read that? 你在哪儿读到这个的? ◆ Just where (= to what situation or final argument)is all this leading us? 这一切到底是要将我们引向何处? 2 ★ used after words or phrases that refer to a place or situation to mean ‘at, in or to which’ (用于表示地点或情况的词语后)在那(地方),到那(地方) ◆ It's one of the few countries where people drive on the left. 这是为数不多的几个靠左行驶的国家之一。 3 ★ the place or situation in which 在那里;在该处;在该情况下 ◆ We then moved to Paris, where we lived for six years. 我们随后移居巴黎,在那里住了六年。 conjunction (in) the place or situation in which (在)…的地方;(在)…情况下 ◆ This is where I live. 这是我住的地方。 ◆ Sit where I can see you. 坐在我能看到你的地方。 ◆ Where people were concerned, his threshold of boredom was low. 涉及人的事情,他便极易感到厌烦。 ◆ That's where (= the point in the argument at which)you're wrong. 这就是你的错误所在。 where / weə(r) ; NAmE wer /
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wherewhere /weə $ wer/ ●●● S1 W1 adverb, conjunction, pronoun
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1in or to which place:  Where are you going? Where do they live? Do you know where my glasses are? Where would you like to sit?where (...) to/from Where have you come from? ‘We’re going on a long journey.’ ‘Where to?’where to do something They’re easy to find, if you know where to look.where on earth/in the world etc (=used for emphasis when you are surprised, angry etc) Where on earth have you been all this time?2used to talk about a particular place:  She was standing exactly where you are standing now. Stay where you are. This is the place where I hid the key. In 1963 we moved to Boston, where my grandparents lived.3used to talk about a particular stage in a process, conversation, story etc:  The treatment will continue until the patient reaches the point where he can walk correctly and safely. You are saying that everyone should be equal, and this is where I disagree. Now, where were we? Oh yes, we were talking about John.4used to ask or talk about the origin of something or someone:  Where does the word ‘super’ come from? Where does this man get the money to keep two houses? I wonder where he gets these strange ideas.5used to say that one person, thing, opinion etc is different from another:  Where others might have been satisfied, Dawson had higher ambitions.6in or to any place SYN  wherever:  You can sit where you like. You’re free to go where you please.
WDF

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Spoken:

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在哪里(92%),在那个地方(5%),在 ... 地方(3%)
conj.在…的地方
n.地点
adv.在哪里
pron.哪里

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