| 词组 | where |
| 释义 | where ◊ used in questions You use where to ask questions about place or position. Where's Jane? Where does she live? Where is the station? You also use where to ask about the place that someone or something is coming from or going to. Where does all this energy come from? Where are you going? Where do you want to fly to? ◊ used in place clauses You use where in place clauses when you are talking about the place or position in which someone or something is. He said he was happy where he was. He left it where it lay. ...an official policy which encouraged people to stay where they were. A place clause usually goes after the main clause. However, in stories, the place clause can be put first. Where Kate had stood last night, Maureen now stood. Where the pink cliffs rose out of the ground there were often narrow tracks winding upwards. ◊ used in reported clauses Where is often used in reported clauses. I think I know where we are. I asked someone where the cheapest accommodation was. After some reporting verbs, where can be used in a non-finite clause containing a 'to'-infinitive. How did you know where to find me? For more information about this use, see entry at ↑ ◊ used in relative clauses Where is often used in non-defining relative clauses. He came from Herne Bay, where Lally had once spent a holiday. She carried them upstairs to the art room, where the brushes and paint had been set out. Where can also be used in defining relative clauses after 'place' or after a word such as 'room' or 'street'. ...the place where they work. ...the room where I did my homework. ...the street where my grandmother had lived. Where can also be used in defining clauses after words such as 'situation' and 'stage'. Increasing poverty has led to a situation where the poor openly admit that they cannot afford to have children. In time we reached a stage where we had more black readers than white ones. I've reached the point where I'm about ready to retire. For more information about defining and non-defining clauses, see entry at ↑ ◊ used with 'possible' and 'necessary' Where is sometimes used in front of adjectives such as 'possible' and 'necessary'. When it is used like this, it has a similar meaning to 'when' or 'whenever'. Where possible, prisoners with long sentences were put in the same blocks. Help must be given where necessary. |
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