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whereabouts n.下落；所在之处(=whereabout)adv.在何处 (1) 迄今他的下落全然未知。(2) 她没向他们提供任何有关她丈夫下落的线索。(3) 她不告诉我她把它放在哪儿了。(4) 那男孩许诺不泄露隐藏地的所在。(5) 你在哪儿找到它的？ Officially, the noun whereabouts can be treated as singular or plural, but it's more common to use it as plural. News stories about escaped prisoners or criminals on the run often mention that their whereabouts are unknown, and parents who like to keep tabs on a teenager's whereabouts sometimes buy her a cell phone. The earliest use of whereabouts, one sometimes used today, was as an interrogative adverb: "Whereabouts will you be this afternoon?"

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英 ['weərəbaʊts] 美 ['werəbaʊts] (1) His whereabouts have been utterly unknown so far.(2) She has told them nothing that could shed light on her husband's whereabouts.(3) She won't tell me whereabouts she put it.(4) The boy promised not to divulge the whereabouts of the hiding place.(5) Whereabouts did you find it? Your whereabouts are the place you are right now. When your dog gets lost, your family might form a search party to discover his whereabouts. Pronounced /'weərəbaʊts/ for meaning 1, and /ˌweərə'baʊts/ for meanings 2 and 3. 义项1读作 /'weərəbaʊts/，义项2和3读作 /ˌweərə'baʊts/。1[N-SING-COLL 单数集合名词](人或物的)行踪，下落，所在之处 If you refer to the whereabouts of a particular person or thing, you mean the place where that person or thing may be found.   [with poss]The police are anxious to hear from anyone who may know the whereabouts of the firearms...警方急盼任何可能知道这批武器下落的人提供线索。Once he knew his father's name, finding his whereabouts proved surprisingly easy.一旦他知道了父亲的名字，查找他父亲的下落就变得出奇地容易。2[QUEST 疑问词](用于疑问句)具体在哪里 You use whereabouts in questions when you are asking precisely where something is. Whereabouts in Liverpool are you from?...你从利物浦什么地方来的？Whereabouts are you living?...你的详细住址是哪里？'I actually live near Chester.' — 'Whereabouts?'“我实际上住在切斯特附近。”——“具体在哪里？”3[CONJ-SUBORD 连词](尤用于某些动词和形容词后，引导表示具体处所的从句)具体在哪里 You use whereabouts after certain words, especially verbs and adjectives, to introduce a clause in which you mention precisely where something is situated or happens. I live in a village near to Germaine Greer and know whereabouts she lives.我住在杰曼·格里尔家附近的村子里，知道她具体住在哪儿。

英语单词	whereabouts
英美音标	英 ['weərəbaʊts] 美 ['werəbaʊts]
中文释义	n.下落；所在之处(=whereabout) adv.在何处
英语例句	(1) His whereabouts have been utterly unknown so far. (2) She has told them nothing that could shed light on her husband's whereabouts. (3) She won't tell me whereabouts she put it. (4) The boy promised not to divulge the whereabouts of the hiding place. (5) Whereabouts did you find it?
中文例句	(1) 迄今他的下落全然未知。 (2) 她没向他们提供任何有关她丈夫下落的线索。 (3) 她不告诉我她把它放在哪儿了。 (4) 那男孩许诺不泄露隐藏地的所在。 (5) 你在哪儿找到它的？
vocabulary简明	Your whereabouts are the place you are right now. When your dog gets lost, your family might form a search party to discover his whereabouts.
vocabulary扩展	Officially, the noun whereabouts can be treated as singular or plural, but it's more common to use it as plural. News stories about escaped prisoners or criminals on the run often mention that their whereabouts are unknown, and parents who like to keep tabs on a teenager's whereabouts sometimes buy her a cell phone. The earliest use of whereabouts, one sometimes used today, was as an interrogative adverb: "Whereabouts will you be this afternoon?"
柯林斯解释	Pronounced /'weərəbaʊts/ for meaning 1, and /ˌweərə'baʊts/ for meanings 2 and 3. 义项1读作 /'weərəbaʊts/，义项2和3读作 /ˌweərə'baʊts/。 1 [N-SING-COLL 单数集合名词](人或物的)行踪，下落，所在之处 If you refer to the whereabouts of a particular person or thing, you mean the place where that person or thing may be found. [with poss] The police are anxious to hear from anyone who may know the whereabouts of the firearms... 警方急盼任何可能知道这批武器下落的人提供线索。 Once he knew his father's name, finding his whereabouts proved surprisingly easy. 一旦他知道了父亲的名字，查找他父亲的下落就变得出奇地容易。 2 [QUEST 疑问词](用于疑问句)具体在哪里 You use whereabouts in questions when you are asking precisely where something is. Whereabouts in Liverpool are you from?... 你从利物浦什么地方来的？ Whereabouts are you living?... 你的详细住址是哪里？ 'I actually live near Chester.' — 'Whereabouts?' “我实际上住在切斯特附近。”——“具体在哪里？” 3 [CONJ-SUBORD 连词](尤用于某些动词和形容词后，引导表示具体处所的从句)具体在哪里 You use whereabouts after certain words, especially verbs and adjectives, to introduce a clause in which you mention precisely where something is situated or happens. I live in a village near to Germaine Greer and know whereabouts she lives. 我住在杰曼·格里尔家附近的村子里，知道她具体住在哪儿。

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