喜樂美語

核心畫面

You can think of where as a finger pointing at a spot and asking (or telling) 'which place?'. That spot starts as a real location, but English lets the same finger point at less physical 'places' too — a moment in a story, a starting origin, even a gap between two situations.

可以把 where 想成一根手指，指著某個位置問或答「哪個地方？」。一開始指的是真實的地點，但英文讓同一根手指也能指…更多收起可以把 where 想成一根手指，指著某個位置問或答「哪個地方？」。一開始指的是真實的地點，但英文讓同一根手指也能指向比較抽象的『地方』——故事走到的某個時刻、東西的出處、甚至兩種情況之間的差距。

原始詞典資料12 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

whereadv/ˈwɛə/

  • 1

    In, at or to what place.

    • Where are you?
    • He asked where I grew up.
  • 2

    In what situation.

    • Where would we be without our parents?
  • 3

    In, at or to the place (that) or a place (that).

    • Stay where you are.
    • Go back where you came from.
  • 4

    In, at or to any place (that); wherever; anywhere.

    • Please sit where you like.
    • Their job is to go where they are called.
  • 5

    In, at or to which.

    • This is the place where we first met.
    • He is looking for a house where he can have a complete office.
  • 6

    The place in, at or to which.

    • He lives within five miles of where he was born.
    • This is a photo of where I went on holiday.
  • 7

    informalA situation or case in which.

    • A function is where two variables are related.
  • 8

    In a/the situation, position, case, etc. in which.

    • You cannot be too careful where explosives are involved.
    • Where no provision under this Act is applicable, the case shall be decided in accordance with the customary practices.

whereconj/ˈwɛə/

  • 1

    While on the contrary; although; whereas.

    • And flight and die is death destroying death; Where fearing dying pays death servile breath.
    • July 18 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Riseshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-dark-knight-rises-review-batman,82624/ Where the Joker preys on our fears of random, irrational acts of terror, Bane has an all-consuming, dictatorial agenda that’s more stable and permanent, a New World Order that’s been planned out with the precision of a military coup.
  • 2

    informalThat.

    • I read where they caught the guy.

wherepron/ˈwɛə/

  • 1

    What place.

    • Where did you come from?
    • Where are you at?

wherenoun/ˈwɛə/

  • 1

    The place in which something happens.

    • A good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the where, the why and the how.
    • Finding the nymph a sleepe in secret wheare

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。