where

adv

• ①[疑问词]在[向、从]何处,在[向、从]哪里
  • Where is she?她在哪里?
  • Where do you live?你住在哪里?
  • She wondered where he was.她不晓得他究竟在哪里。
  • I know where to go.我知道应该去哪里。

• ②[疑问词;疑问代名词]何处
  • Where have you come from?你是从哪里来的?
  • Where do you come from?你是哪里人?

• ③[关系词;与表场所的先行词连用]1[限定用法]所…的(地方等)2[非限定用法;通常在前面有逗点;表示稍微停顿]而就在那里(=and there)
  • This is the place where I was born.这是我出生的地方(★【口】有省略where者)。
  • This is a case [an instance] where money talks.这就是有钱好说话的一个实例。
  • This is (the place) where we used to live.这是我们以前住的地方。
  • She came out from (the place) where she was hiding.她从藏身处走出来(★如最后二例所示,先行词有时可以省略)。
  • I came to London, where I found him.我到了伦敦,而就在那里我碰到他。

• ④[关系词;当关系代名词]【口】
  • That's the place where [that] she comes from.那就是她的故乡。