where

ad. 在哪里
pron. 哪里
n. 地点
相关词组:
where it's at
where sb is at

where

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