| 词组 | where...at |
| 释义 | where...at The use of at following where was first noted in 1859 by Bartlett, who observed in his Dictionary of Americanisms that it was "often used superfluously in the South and West, as in the question 'Where is he at?'" Such usage first drew the attention of critics at about the turn of the century, and they have routinely prescribed against it since. Although fairly common in speech, this construction rarely occurred in writing until the 1960s, when the idiomatic phrases where it's at and where one is at came into widespread use by jazz and rock musicians, hippies, and others: • Harvey and I are going through this dynamic right now and it's kinda where I'm at —Cyra McFadden, The Serial, 1977 • ... grab them by the collar and tell them where it's at —Paul Mazursky, quoted in Christian Science Monitor, 22 Aug. 1980 • ... they realized vocals were where it's at —Charles M. Young, Rolling Stone, 29 Nov. 1979 • ... make sure you know just exactly where it's at — Hunter S. Thompson, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 1972 • ... naive to assume that if we all ... find out where our heads are at, a social order will somehow result —Dr. Gordon K. Davies, Emory and Henry Alumnus, Summer 1980 • ... to develop in his readers a gut feeling for where modern biology is at —Gunther S. Stent, TV. Y. Times Book Rev., 8 Sept. 1974 These phrases continue to be used today, although they have some of the passé quality of old slang. They are most likely to occur when the language and attitudes of the 1960s and early 1970s are being deliberately evoked or mimicked. Other than in these phrases, at almost never occurs after where in writing from standard sources. See also at. |
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