Place People Werˈevər Conj Subord 连词 Questions Happen Wher·Ever
The flashcard defines "wherever" as a conjunction meaning "in any place or situation" or "in all places that." It also functions as an adverb in questions to express surprise, meaning "where." The phrase "or wherever" is also explained as referring to an unspecific, alternative location.
The flashcard teaches the word "wherever". It can be used as a conjunction meaning "in any place or situation" or "in all places that". It can also be used as an adverb in questions to express surprise, meaning "where". Additionally, it can be part of the phrase "or wherever" to indicate an unspecific but different location.
[CONJ-SUBORD 连词]无论哪里;在任何地方 You use wherever to indicate that something happens or is true in any place or situation.
Some people enjoy themselves wherever they are...
有些人能够随遇而安。
Jack believed in finding happiness wherever possible...
杰克认为应该及时行乐。
By simply planning a route, you can explore at will and stop whenever and wherever you like.
通过简单地规划一下路线,你可以随意探索,随时随地想停就停。
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[CONJ-SUBORD 连词]不管在哪里 You use wherever when you indicate that you do not know where a person or place is.
I'd like to leave as soon as possible and join my children, wherever they are...
我想尽快离开,回到儿女们中间去,不管他们在哪儿。
'Till we meet again, wherever that is,' said the chairman.
“再会了,日后再见。”主席说。
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[QUEST 疑问词](用在疑问句中作为where的强调形式,通常表示惊讶)究竟在哪里 You use wherever in questions as an emphatic form of 'where', usually when you are surprised about something.
[emphasis]
Wherever did you get that idea?...
你到底从哪儿得来的那个主意?
Wherever have you been?
你究竟去哪里了?
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[PHRASE 短语]或别的什么地方 You use or wherever to say that something might happen in a place other than the place you have mentioned, but that you are not able to say exactly where.
[n-proper/prep PHR]
[vagueness]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
The next day she was gone to Lusaka, Kampala, or wherever.
第二天她去了卢萨卡,坎帕拉或别的什么地方。
...language which will allow the students in class or wherever to express their opinions.
学生可以用来在课堂上或其他什么地方表达自己想法的语言
Oxford
wher·ever★/weərˈevə(r); NAmEwerˈevər/
conjunction
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adverb
conjunction★1★in any place 在任何地方◆Sit wherever you like.你爱坐在哪儿就坐哪儿。◆He comes from Boula, wherever that may be(= I don't know where it is).他的原籍是布拉,管它在什么地方呢。2★in all places that 在…的各个地方;各处;处处SYN
everywhere
◆Wherever she goes, there are crowds of people waiting to see her.她所到之处都有成群的人等着见她。3★in all cases that 在所有…的情况下SYN
whenever
◆Use wholegrain breakfast cereals wherever possible.只要有可能就用全谷物早餐食品。IDIOMor wherˈever( informal) or any other place 或其他任何地方◆tourists from Spain, France or wherever来自西班牙、法国或任何别的地方的游客adverbused in questions to mean ‘where’, expressing surprise (用于问句,表示惊讶)究竟在哪里,究竟到哪儿◆Wherever can he have gone to?他究竟会到哪儿去了呢?wher·ever/weərˈevə(r); NAmEwerˈevər/
1to or at any place, position, or situation: Children will play wherever they happen to be. Sit wherever you like.... or wherever (=used to emphasize that you are talking about any place and not a specific place) Dublin people dress more individually than people in London or wherever.2in all places that: She is shadowed by detectives wherever she goes. I feel I ought to be nice to them wherever possible (=at all times when it is possible).3used at the beginning of a question to show surprise: ‘Wherever did she find that?’ Daisy wondered.4wherever that is/may be used to say that you do not know where a place or town is or have never heard of it: She wants to move to Far Flatley, wherever that is.
WDF
wherever
[weərˈevə(r)]
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无论在哪里(55%),无论什么地方(45%)
conj.无论在哪里;无论什么情况下
adv.无论什么地方;究竟在哪里
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